https://blog.xidao.online/en/tags/production/Recent content in Production on XiDao Tech BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 XiDaoFri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.xidao.online/en/posts/2026-ai-api-production-lessons/Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.xidao.online/en/posts/2026-ai-api-production-lessons/<h2 class="relative group">Introduction <div id="introduction" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#introduction" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>In 2026, large language models are deeply embedded in production systems across every industry. From Claude 4 Opus to GPT-5 Turbo, from Gemini 2.5 Pro to DeepSeek-V4, developers have an unprecedented selection of models at their fingertips. But calling these AI APIs in production is nothing like a quick notebook experiment.</p> <p>This article distills 10 hard-earned lessons from real production incidents. Each one comes with a war story, a solution, and runnable code. Hopefully you won&rsquo;t have to learn these the hard way.</p>