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Hamel Husain shows how to intercept LLM API calls and prompts

Hamel Husain's blog post argues for the importance of understanding the exact prompts sent to large language models, even when using abstraction frameworks. He criticizes some tools for obscuring the prompts, which hinders debugging and optimization. Husain proposes using "mitmproxy" to intercept and inspect these API calls, enabling users to better evaluate the necessity and effectiveness of the frameworks they employ. AI

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  1. Hamel Husain TIER_1 English(EN) · Hamel Husain ·

    Fuck You, Show Me The Prompt.

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