03What do p50, p95, and p99 latency actually mean, and why do production engineers obsess over the tail?▼easyVercelOpenAIMicrosoft2 repliesunlockedAverages lie, and interviewers know most candidates quote them anyway. The fastest way to sound production-grade in any latency discussion is to reason about percentiles correctly, including the one trap almost everyone falls into.Open full answer →
40A contract specifies 95% resolution accuracy and a $0.50 cost-per-resolution cap for an agent. Design the eval suite and the go/no-go.▼hardOpenAIAnthropicDecagon2 replies◆ premiumTwo hard numbers in the contract: 95% accuracy and $0.50 per resolution. The job is an eval and rollout system that proves both hold on real traffic before you scale, with rollback triggers wired to the same numbers.Open full answer →
