LLMOps in 2026: cost, drift, monitoring, and the rollback you didn't plan

invalid@example.com (Aior), Aior
Fri, 01 May 2026 00:42:15 +0000
AI Operations

LLMOps is just ops, with new failure modes[/HEADING>
The LLM in your application is a dependency. Like any dependency, it can change unexpectedly, fail, get expensive, drift. The patterns below are what we apply to keep LLM-powered features reliable in production.

Cost: the metric that surprises everyone[/HEADING>
LLM costs are usage-driven and easy to lose track of. The discipline:

Per-feature attribution —...

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