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Debugging LLM-Based Features

For engineers who build and maintain LLM-powered features

Half-day workshopWorkshop
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Program Overview

What This Program Covers

Debugging AI features is fundamentally different from debugging traditional software — the failures are probabilistic, the outputs are variable, and the root causes are often buried in prompt design, context management, or model behavior. This program teaches engineers systematic approaches to debugging LLM-based features in production environments.

What You'll Learn

  1. 1Apply systematic debugging approaches to non-deterministic AI systems
  2. 2Diagnose prompt-related issues including hallucination and instruction following failures
  3. 3Debug context management problems in production LLM applications
  4. 4Implement logging and observability for LLM features
  5. 5Use evaluation frameworks to catch regressions in AI feature quality
  6. 6Debug tool use and function calling failures
  7. 7Build reproducible test cases for intermittent AI failures

Outline

Program Snapshot

Module 1 — Debugging Mindset for AI

  • Why AI debugging is different
  • Systematic approaches to non-deterministic failures
  • Building a debugging toolkit
  • Hands-on: diagnose a real AI failure

Module 2 — Prompt and Output Debugging

  • Hallucination diagnosis and prevention
  • Instruction following failure patterns
  • Output quality regression detection
  • Hands-on: debug a broken prompt

Module 3 — System-Level Debugging

  • Context window management failures
  • Tool use and function calling issues
  • Latency and timeout debugging
  • Hands-on: debug a complex agent failure

Module 4 — Production Observability

  • Logging strategies for LLM features
  • Monitoring and alerting for AI quality
  • Building evaluation test suites
  • Incident response for AI failures

Who This Is For

  • Software engineers building LLM features
  • Backend engineers maintaining AI applications
  • Platform engineers supporting AI workloads
  • QA engineers testing AI systems

Prerequisites

  • Experience building software professionally
  • Basic familiarity with LLM APIs helpful
  • No AI-specific debugging experience required

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Every bILTup program is fully customized to your team's tech stack, goals, and timeline. Tell us about your team and we'll design something built specifically for you.

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