Can an Apartment Search Agent Call the Model Fewer Times and Still Find Good Matches?
I traced 2,500 listing checks with Weights & Biases Weave, removed avoidable model work one change at a time, and scored every version against the same answers. The post Can an Apa
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October 1, 2026
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In short: Can an Apartment Search Agent Call the Model Fewer Times and Still Find Good Matches?
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