Blog Note

Model Eval Checklist

Before shipping any workflow update, I run a lightweight evaluation pass to prevent regressions.

Baseline Steps

  1. Test against a fixed set of representative prompts.
  2. Track correctness, latency, and failure modes.
  3. Compare against the previous known-good version.

Rule

If a change improves one metric while harming another, document the tradeoff before adopting it.

  • evaluation
  • quality