What engineers check before adding a new LLM provider
Rama_Surasani_ · reddit · 2026-09-22
A Reddit engineering discussion: adding a new LLM provider improves flexibility but introduces operational decisions. The checklist includes API/model compatibility, pricing and rate limits, fallback behavior, data retention and privacy policies, monitoring and logging, team ownership, and budget controls. The thread asks which check matters most on your team.
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