Evals and Tracing 101: A Practical Guide for Engineers Building With AI
blaizedsouza · x · 2026-10-29
- The wall every AI team hits: the demo works, real users show up, quality falls apart. Author tonycueva argues that by 2026, evals and tracing are no longer a 'nice to have' — they are the job.
- Who it's for: engineers, QAs, and PMs building with AI who need to learn how to test it.
- Format: a plain-language long-form guide with real code and real results, pitched at anyone who just got asked to 'make the AI better'.
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