Opinion: Real LLM engineering involves evals and versioning, not just prompting
bgoncalves · x · 2026-08-15
@data4sci argues that most "LLM engineers" are actually just prompt jockeys. Real LLM engineering means dealing with evals, versioning, observability, and CI gates, rather than just tweaking system prompts until the vibes improve.
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