Engineering LLM Systems. From prototype to production at planet scale - Erik Gieske

The book the AI industry didn't know it was waiting for.

Every week, another company burns through six figures moving an LLM
prototype to production - and discovers too late that calling an API
is not engineering. That a clever prompt is not architecture. That a
working demo is not a system.

This book is the discipline they were missing.

Engineering LLM Systems is the first comprehensive field manual
for LLM Engineering - at the intersection of software architecture,
probabilistic systems design, cost engineering, safety governance,
and ethical responsibility. Not a tutorial. Not a tips collection.
A complete operating system for the engineer who builds production AI.

650+ pages. 25 chapters. 7 original production-tested frameworks: