Applied AI·Production patterns and cost
you are five abstraction layers deep trying to see the prompt that was actually sent, and start wondering what the framework is buying you.
Frameworks: build vs buy
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LangChain, LlamaIndex and kin bundle orchestration, retrieval and integrations. They speed demos and obscure fundamentals; teams routinely outgrow them once debugging through five abstraction layers costs more than writing the loop themselves. Learn raw first (your two-week plan), adopt a framework later only with a named reason.