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LLM Serving

How Constrained Decoding Actually Forces an LLM to Emit Valid JSON

Structured outputs and forced tool use aren't prompting tricks — they mask invalid tokens at the decoding layer so malformed JSON becomes mechanically impossible, not just less likely.

August 24, 2026 · 10 min read

LLM Tool Calling

Most Tool-Calling Failures Are Schema Failures, Not Model Failures

When an LLM agent calls the wrong tool or sends malformed arguments, the postmortem usually blames the model — but the actual defect is almost always in the JSON Schema the tool was registered with.

August 19, 2026 · 9 min read

Data Formats

JSON Schema in Practice: What allOf, oneOf, and additionalProperties Actually Do

JSON Schema looks like static typing for JSON, but its composition keywords follow evaluation rules that trip up most people writing their first real-world schema — here's the mental model that actually holds up.

August 10, 2026 · 6 min read