Part 2: Modern AI Engineering Stack — Tools, Runtimes & Orchestration

← Previous Chapter: Part 1: Context Engineering with DDD | Series Hub | Next Chapter: Part 3A: Cursor Rules → Answer-first: A robust enterprise AI engineering stack comprises 4 layers: IDE Assistant (Cursor/Windsurf), Gateway Layer (LiteLLM/Envoy), Protocol Layer (MCP), and Observability Layer (OpenTelemetry + Langfuse).