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Model Routing as the DJ of the Stack
Why routing models is business logic work, not model work.
How it works
- 1Route by job, not by default. Drafting an email does not need a frontier model.
- 2Three forces driving it: token cost, compliance requirements, and fear of the frontier labs absorbing your product surface.
- 3Local and open source models for the jobs that cannot leave the building.
- 4Routing correctly requires understanding what each task actually is.
Hear it on the podcast
Tokens Go to Zero, Energy Goes to Zero: What Do You Build When Intelligence Is Free?Listen to the episodeMore from this episode
The Panelist DJ MethodRyan's full structure for hosting an hour-long panel without it going off the rails.The Hook EditHow Jason improved Ryan's cold open in under a minute.The Operational Maturity SplitJason's diagnostic for where an AI engagement actually starts.The Trust Ladder, Starting With the Morning BriefJason's ceiling on what a single automation can do without executive buy-in.Understand the EngineWhy the moat is not what you built.The Three Buckets of ITJason's structural map of what an IT department actually owns.The Handle, Not Just the CardJason's networking swag doctrine.Win, Loss, or BuffaloThe weekly ritual that closes the segment.
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