Audit the Server, Not the Model: A Free-Tier Test for AI Coding Tools
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The model decides what the tool says, but the server decides what the tool does, and most developers audit the first and ignore the second. When you evaluate an AI coding assistant you ask which model it wraps, how many tokens the free tier includes, and whether the completions feel smart, yet the…
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- 2026-08-25 05:01 · DEV Community — AI
Audit the Server, Not the Model: A Free-Tier Test for AI Coding Tools