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Not Everything Needs an LLM: When to Remove the AI from Your AI Agent

calendar_today April 7, 2026 domain tetrate

We built an agent to sync compliance data. Then we built a version without the LLM that runs faster, costs less, and produces identical results. Knowing when to remove the AI is an underrated skill.

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