When You Don't Need an LLM: Deterministic Intelligence for Real World Apps

We want our modern apps to feel intelligent, but many teams assume that means adopting large language models. In reality, most real-world problems are better handled using deterministic tools that are fast, predictable, and easy to test. This talk shows how developers can add intelligent behavior to their applications using tools like constraint solving and optimization. We will walk through a real API implementation, show how a deterministic engine produces correct results that an LLM cannot guarantee, and give developers practical intuition for when these tools are the right fit compared to model-driven approaches.

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