https://josedavidbaena.com Personal website and blog where I document thoughts, ideas, and interests in software engineering, web performance, and open source technologies. en-us josedab@gmail.com (José David Baena) josedab@gmail.com (José David Baena) Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://josedavidbaena.com/blog/distilled-engineering/why-small-models-win-enterprise-ai https://josedavidbaena.com/blog/distilled-engineering/why-small-models-win-enterprise-ai Use a measurable service envelope and break-even model to decide when a distilled student beats a frontier API — and when it does not. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT josedab@gmail.com (José David Baena) model-distillationllmenterprise-aicost-optimizationai-engineering