https://renezander.com/tags/ai-architecture/Recent content in Ai-Architecture on René Zander | AI Automation ConsultantHugoenFri, 17 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://renezander.com/guides/how-to-choose-llm-for-production/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://renezander.com/guides/how-to-choose-llm-for-production/<p>Most teams pick an LLM for production the wrong way. They read a leaderboard, pick the top model, and wire it into an endpoint. Six weeks later they hit a rate limit during a traffic spike, or a compliance reviewer asks where EU data is processed, or the p99 latency kills a user-facing flow. Then the real selection work starts, under pressure, in production.</p> <p>This guide is how to choose an LLM for production the right way, before any of that happens. I run AI agents and LLM-backed automations for DACH clients, and every production deployment I&rsquo;ve shipped went through the same seven-criteria filter. The order matters. Skip one and you will find out later, usually on a weekend.</p>