The Cafe Journal
From the Garden
Notes from the kitchen, the garden, and the dining room — seasonal recipes, stories from Chef Kyle, and what's coming up at The Cafe at The Inn in Benicia.
AI AgentsEngineeringEvals
A checklist for launching an agent to real users
Logging, fallbacks, spend caps, and a kill switch you have actually tested.
Parallel AI·
Performance
Prompt caching changes what is expensive
A long stable prefix is cheap. A shuffled one is not.
Parallel AI·
SEOEngineering
Writing docs an LLM can actually use
Headings, short paragraphs, and one idea per section.
Parallel AI·
Browse by topic
Explore the journal by subject — from AI agent architecture and retrieval pipelines to engineering practices and evaluation strategies.
Come hungry. Leave happy.
Breakfast, lunch, and Friday night dinners — all made fresh, all served with care. Order ahead or stop by 145 East D Street.