https://generalapplications.com/blog Technical articles, opinions, and observations on AI, software architecture, metadata search relevance, and data pipeline engineering. en-us Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:17:17 GMT https://generalapplications.com/blog/deterministic-controls-ai-agents https://generalapplications.com/blog/deterministic-controls-ai-agents Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Large Language Models are probabilistic by design, making them unstable foundations for business logic. We outline the architectural patterns required to wrap nondeterministic AI models in reliable, deterministic controls.