The first article on this blog explained how it was built in 30 minutes with Claude Code. Naturally, a blog needs comments. Same constraints: no database, no external dependencies, no Disqus tracking visitors. Just PHP + JSON files. Built in one session with Claude Code — the interesting part wasn't the code, it was the security audit that followed. A comment system without a database seems trivia
When building applications with large language models (LLMs), one of the most overlooked costs is how structured data is represented. Most systems use JSON. And JSON is inefficient for LLM input. KODA (Knowledge-Oriented Data Abstraction) is a schema-first data format designed to reduce token usage when sending structured data to LLMs. It works by: Defining structure once (schema-first) Encoding v
You know that feeling when your AI agent starts burning through your API budget at 3 AM and you only find out the next morning? Yeah, we've all been there. The observability space for LLM applications has exploded in recent years, but most platforms either lock you into their ecosystem or charge you per-token like it's liquid gold. Let's talk about building a real-time monitoring strategy that doe