The mental model that made Server Components click
Most confusion about RSC comes from thinking of it as rendering. It's closer to serialisation — and once you see it that way, the rules stop feeling arbitrary.
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Working notes on things I had to figure out — where LLM cost actually goes, how to model content so editors stop filing tickets, and what Server Components really change.
Where LLM cost actually goes
Most teams try to cut their model bill by picking a cheaper model. In my experience the savings are almost never in the model — they're in the context you were sending it that it never needed.
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Content modelling is API design with worse feedback
A CMS schema is a contract between engineers and editors. The difference is that when you get an API wrong, tests fail — when you get a schema wrong, people quietly stop using it.
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