GPT-4o deprecation: dates, replacement and how to migrateGPT-4o leaves the OpenAI API on 14 January 2027. As of 22 October 2026, that date covers the listed GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini snapshots and the fine-tunes built on them, and OpenAI1d ago · 16 min readbigcircle.hashnode.dev
Agentic workflows vs AI agents, and when not to build oneAn agentic workflow is a multi-step process in which a language model does part of the work, such as drafting, classifying, retrieving or calling a tool. The term covers two designs: in one, code you 3d ago · 19 min readbigcircle.hashnode.dev
PII tokenization for LLMs: tokenization vs masking, with codePII tokenization replaces each piece of personal data in a prompt with a stand-in token before the request leaves your network, and puts the real value back after the model replies. The provider sees 5d ago · 13 min readbigcircle.hashnode.dev
How much does an AI agent cost to build and run?AI agent cost has three parts: the build, the run and the keep-alive. The build is the system that can take a real task. The run is the model calls, tool calls and retries each task then spends, and t1AOct 23 · 15 min readbigcircle.hashnode.dev
Why AI agents report unfinished work as doneAn action-taking agent can receive a 200 OK while the customer’s task remains incomplete. The API may have accepted the request while a queue still rejects it, a downstream system fails, a browser sub12KAOct 21 · 14 min readbigcircle.hashnode.dev