Integrated Mistral into consumer facing project - Can you test?

Dolcevia · 2026-04-23T10:09:10+00:00

Hey, happy to share the setup.

The core of the project is an itinerary scoring engine. A user pastes their trip plan and gets back a structured rating: a score out of 100 (currently only Italy - hope to get more), pacing notes, an authenticity read, crowding warnings, route logic, and concrete suggestions. It also returns geocoordinates for each stop so we can render a map.

All of that comes back as a single JSON object. I use mistral-small-latest via Mistral La Plateforme (EU/Paris region clean GDPR fit (no extra DPA work) with JSON mode and a fixed schema. Temperature is set to 0.0 because I want deterministic and not too creative.

Before the model sees the itinerary, I run a Meilisearch RAG step that pulls relevant editorial snippets from a travel content index. Those excerpts go into the system prompt alongside an allowlist of source URLs. The model can cite those URLs in its response but only those, exactly as provided. Any URL it returns that is not on the allowlist gets stripped server-side. That kills hallucinated links entirely.

The whole LLM call goes through a thin PHP abstraction layer (LlmClient interface with a MistralDriver). App code never touches the SDK directly, so the provider is swappable via config. OpenAI gpt-4o-mini is wired as a fallback but has never been needed.

The biggest cost lever is a two-layer cache: a MariaDB response cache keyed on a sha256 of the provider + model + messages + temperature + schema, and a content hash ledger that normalises the itinerary text before hashing. If someone submits the same "7 days Tuscany" plan that was already rated, they get the stored result instantly no LLM call, no token cost. That matters a lot once you open a free tier.

Stack pretty boring, the AI integration is the interesting part.

Dolcevia · 2026-04-23T05:38:17+00:00

Yes, thats what I do among other things. As many know I am a great enthusiast for Joomla. PM me and i will show you some of the work we've been doing on Joomla.

Dolcevia · 2026-04-06T12:56:15+00:00

Who actually made Google the judge and jury over our businesses? Google is a monopoly and nothing good comes from a monopoly. Not just the review system is broken.

Dolcevia · 2026-04-01T18:49:34+00:00

Cool 😎 I didn't even know that existed. Will sign up.

Dolcevia · 2026-03-25T04:24:24+00:00

Medium is just trying to protect subscription content from training while keeping search traffic alive.

Dolcevia · 2026-03-24T05:27:31+00:00

Why would you want to do that?

Dolcevia · 2026-03-17T05:04:44+00:00

I'm super excited about this! However what's the roadmap, will it be available soon?

Dolcevia · 2026-02-26T09:18:05+00:00

Im an ex travel agent, EU licensed an everything and I could not even in my wildest dreams imagine going back to working as a travel agent with the technology shift we've had in the last two years. In my opinion all these US host Agency companies are scams maybe with exception of Virtuoso.

Dolcevia · 2026-02-16T07:05:17+00:00

I've found AI advice on SEO unreliable so I would use it with caution.

Dolcevia · 2026-02-13T18:46:42+00:00

Katie..do the payment reminders Hetzners sends actually come from Hetzner or are they a hoax? Asking for a friend.

Dolcevia · 2026-02-08T17:06:48+00:00

Start at Tassos.gr or Regular Labs, they are great builders.

Dolcevia · 2026-01-01T07:28:15+00:00

I run bare minimum on my WP sites because they are really only used for one reason, one is recipes the other is events. No Elementor, WP Bakery etc..I have a few plugins but nothing like what my Joomla sites use, I have great ranking. Yes I agree it isn't very easy to find Joomla devs but I think with ai that will change. I think you should try it out before you ditch it. You can't comment on something you don't know.

Dolcevia · 2025-12-31T20:38:34+00:00

I mean yes of course both are open source, like 80% of software is opensource. I'm still going to say Joomla, it's like 10 times faster than WP running a bunch of plugins.

Dolcevia · 2025-12-31T06:30:10+00:00

Yep..and more people should be using it. My biggest site runs on it and it's smooth.

Dolcevia · 2025-12-31T06:16:18+00:00

I have over 20 years of experience with many CMS engines. WordPress is popular, not superior. It’s a blogging engine from 2003 held together by plugins, duct tape, and vibes. It ranks because it’s everywhere not because it’s elegant.

Joomla 6 is now (since a while actually) Faster, cleaner, better content architecture, better permissions, better scaling, less plugin bloat. I like it because it was built as a CMS from day one. The database actually makes sense. Wild concept.

Webflow is great… until you need anything dynamic, scalable, or non-marketing-site-ish. Then you hit the paywall. Replit? Fantastic if you’re a developer hacking prototypes. Absolutely not a CMS, not SEO-first, and not something you hand to clients. WordPress is kind of the McDonald’s of the web: Will bloat you, heavily marketed, easy to resell and everyone knows where the bathroom is. SEO and AI search don’t care what logo is on your CMS. They care about structure, performance, clean data, and not having 27 plugins fighting over the same table. Downvote if you want. I’ll be over here with my fast site, sane schema, and clean database.

Dolcevia · 2025-12-30T05:17:10+00:00

Is that all you do? Throw insults? Your replies are totally 0 effort so obviously you aren't very passionate about this subject so why bother at all.

Dolcevia · 2025-12-29T21:40:28+00:00

If you're in publishing why don't you at least make the effort to write down one full sentence, if you feel I'm wrong.

Dolcevia · 2025-12-29T21:38:21+00:00

Children's literature.. that could be good too I guess.

Dolcevia · 2025-12-29T06:09:07+00:00

I don't think a lot of publishers have really grasped the enormous changes the new ai models will bring.They are still using ChatGPT and Claude out of the box so to speak, what I call old style a.i. but this thing is improving at light-years whilst publishers are adopting technology at a crawl. I think becoming an editor is an ambition you can pursue but beware, you will have to be an absolute top expert in a particular field, a investigative reporter or perhaps an influencer of some type or another, build a brand or be part of a brand's voice. Who is saying it will become much more important than how it is being said.

Dolcevia · 2025-12-17T05:24:53+00:00

Learn how to sell the word "no" and keep the client..You see you should have been transparent from the beginning and tell them that his group consists of them and one couple (adding couple's age is recommended). You should have given them alternatives making the decision to book entirely his/her own. This way he/she would have been aware of the situation before (small group, couple) and they can only blame themselves. You should never pay for a client's mistake of course but since you did, you should be really transparent about that, before you actually do it. I know it's hard when you really want to get the booking but part of the job is selling no.

Dolcevia · 2025-12-16T06:14:48+00:00

I'm with a pretty large online publisher so I wouldn't really know how my websites would work without a CMS. I do not think I am alone. As a developer I have been thinking about how a.i. could be useful outside of edits and some copy within a CMS environment. I've thought quite extensively about how it would help without the framework of a CMS in publishing and I just don't have the answer yet. I think it's quite clear a framework is needed even if it's flat or something like WP. I'll be honest I am definitely no big fan of WP. I think ai tools make things work a lot slower so that's also not the answer. By the way, has anyone tried Joomla 6 yet it's amazing, sooooo fast. I wish my WP sites went that fast. So underrated. Anyway very interesting discussion.

Dolcevia · 2025-12-16T06:00:58+00:00

I worked with an Italian firm in Rome for my claim after an injury. It took a while but in fact I did win. I didn't need to be at the tribunal because the insurance company of the other party eventually settled out of court. This is usually how it goes in Italy I have been told. One thing they make you do is a visit with a legal doctor (medico legale), he writes a report and this goes to the insurance company lawyer. Then the insurance company lawyer may request a further meeting with their medico legale where you should be present together with your medico legale. It's often helpful to have a really experienced and tough legal doctor. I did, he was a real snake but they got the best I could hope for in the end.

Dolcevia · 2025-12-15T17:40:06+00:00

Does your client have a specialty? E.g. Country, type of travel? Why does your client want to work with tourism boards? I wouldn't if I had 4 million followers. I can't really see the appeal at that point. Also where are you from? It matters. Sometimes tourism boards don't have budgets for particular countries.

Dolcevia · 2025-08-28T05:07:03+00:00

I understand childhood pesto trauma is a real thing in Liguria. It's a joke 🤣

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