What actually is Model Routing? A deep dive into cost, efficiency & risk

Opublikowano: 2026-09-22

Model routing sounds like a small architectural detail, but it’s quickly becoming the control point that determines whether AI systems are fast, affordable, and trustworthy. In this episode of Pop Goes the Stack, F5's Lori MacVittie and Joel Moses are joined by Patrick Roughan to unpack why routing decisions for LLM workloads can’t be treated like ordinary traffic distribution. The real challenge isn’t simply getting requests to an available endpoint, it’s choosing the right model and the right execution path based on intent, context, and policy. Patrick explains how context...