Chapter 1
Production Hosted LLM Architecture
provider landscape and capabilitiesresponse patternsstreaming vs synchronoustoken economics and pricingrate limits and quotasauthentication and security
Learning Path
Hands-on Labs
Each objective has a coding lab that opens in VS Code in your browser
Objective 1
Provider Landscape Analysis
Goal
Compare API capabilities, pricing, and strengths across Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google
Objective 2
Request Patterns and Streaming
Goal
Implement streaming vs batch request patterns for different use cases
Objective 3
Token Economics
Goal
Understand and calculate token costs across different models and providers
Objective 4
Rate Limit Management
Goal
Implement rate limit monitoring and handling strategies
Objective 5
Secure API Management
Goal
Implement secure API key management and authentication patterns