DeepSeek in Practice

Part 3

Distilling and Deploying DeepSeek

In this third part of the book, we move from understanding and using DeepSeek to transforming it for production environments. We begin by exploring rationale distillation - leveraging DeepSeek’s advanced reasoning capabilities to create specialized, efficient models that can run on modest hardware while maintaining professional-grade performance. Next, we address the practical challenges of deploying full-scale DeepSeek models, examining the trade-offs between APIs, managed services, and self-hosted solutions. Finally, we focus on building production-ready operations, covering monitoring, scaling, cost management, and security practices that turn experimental systems into reliable, enterprise-grade services. ...