--- title: If I’m a startup founder with limited budget, why should... description: Developers often overinvest in tweaking prompts and model choice while neglecting the broader system, particularly whether AI has access to the right data.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/if-i-m-a-startup-founder-with-limited-budget-why-should-i-build-this-on-azure-sql--4op1tbj8x twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: If I’m a startup founder with limited budget, why should I build this on Azure SQL? | daily.dev og:description: Developers often overinvest in tweaking prompts and model choice while neglecting the broader system, particularly whether AI has access to the right data.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/if-i-m-a-startup-founder-with-limited-budget-why-should-i-build-this-on-azure-sql--4op1tbj8x og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4op1tBj8x.png og:image:alt: If I’m a startup founder with limited budget, why should I build this on Azure SQL? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # If I’m a startup founder with limited budget, why should I build this on Azure SQL? **[Microsoft Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/microsoftdeveloper)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Developers often overinvest in tweaking prompts and model choice while neglecting the broader system, particularly whether AI has access to the right data. Giving AI systems better data access leads to more effective reasoning and higher quality outcomes than fiddling with prompts alone, suggesting engineering effort should focus on end-to-end system design. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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