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Task Templates
Profile model loading latency for Llama 70B on A100
Review 3 benchmarking PRs from morning standup
Identify root cause of CUDA OOM error in batch size 32 requests
Update inference API docs with new streaming endpoint parameters
Benchmark throughput on H100 vs A100 for Mistral 7B
Email DevOps team about GPU quota increase for staging
Test model cache eviction with concurrent 50 user load
Profile KV cache memory usage for requests over 8K tokens
Good vs. Vague
Vague
Improve inference performance
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Profile GPU memory usage for batch size 16 on Mistral 7B
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Fix CUDA timeout error in multi-GPU load balancing (issue #142)
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Implement LRU eviction policy for model weight cache
Vague
Research deployment options
Concrete
Compare H100 vs A100 cost per token for production workload
Vague
Update documentation
Concrete
Add rate limiting examples to API docs streaming section
Task Templates
Launch A/B test for pricing page CTA button color
Document top 3 reasons for signup funnel drop-off at step 2
Draft blog post outline for reducing inference costs with batching
Schedule 5 Twitter posts for new model launch campaign
Set up conversion tracking for free trial to paid transitions
Email 10 AI newsletter editors with partnership pitch template
Add "GPU inference API" keyword to landing page title and H1 tags
Draft referral program mechanics with $50 credit structure for both parties
Good vs. Vague
Concrete
A/B test signup form with 3 vs 5 input fields
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Add meta descriptions to 10 highest traffic blog posts
Concrete
Post 3 technical demos on Twitter with benchmark screenshots
Vague
Reach out to partners
Concrete
Email 5 ML frameworks about integration partnership
Concrete
Create dashboard showing daily active users by plan tier
Task Templates
Draft user stories section for streaming response PRD
Conduct 3 customer interviews and summarize deployment needs in doc
Calculate RICE scores for 12 Q1 feature requests in spreadsheet
Create pricing comparison table for Replicate and Together AI
Define success metrics for new API rate limiting feature
Schedule kickoff meeting with eng and design for model quantization project
Update product roadmap deck with Q4 delivery dates and dependencies
Categorize billing issues from last 50 support tickets into spreadsheet
Good vs. Vague
Concrete
Add estimated effort and impact scores to Q2 feature list
Concrete
Schedule 30-min interviews with 5 users churned last month
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Draft user stories for batch inference API endpoints
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Compare week-over-week API error rates by endpoint
Vague
Research competitors
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Document OpenAI and Anthropic pricing tiers in spreadsheet