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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Working notes on things I had to figure out — bundle budgets and Server Components, idempotency and observability, content models that editors actually use, and where LLM cost really 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.
AI Training3 min read