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tools
Choosing between an API and self-hosting your LLM
Call a hosted API or run the model yourself? The honest answer depends on volume, control, and how much operations work you can absorb.
#llm-api#self-hosting#infrastructure
05-28 18:01·7 min read
tutorials
Choose the right model size for a task
Bigger is not always better. A practical method for picking a model size that matches the task, the budget, and the latency you can live with.
#models#cost#latency
05-09 15:05·7 min read
tutorials
Cost control 101: keeping an AI feature affordable
AI features bill by the token, and small habits compound into large invoices. Here are the durable levers for keeping cost in line without gutting quality.
#cost#tokens#caching
04-25 14:40·7 min read
policy
The economics of inference: why "cheap AI" still adds up
A single AI call looks almost free. So why do AI bills balloon? A plain-language tour of the economics that turn pennies into real money.
#inference#cost#economics
04-16 14:07·7 min read