The Sledgehammer and the Fly: Why Smarter AI Does Not Mean Better Architecture

Modern LLMs are objectively better at nuanced language tasks than legacy systems. But when you zoom out from a single prompt in a playground to a production environment processing millions of requests, the paradigm shifts entirely. Here is why treating an LLM as a universal parser and router is an architectural trap.

Cyril Noirot

February 25, 2026