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Exit Criteria for a Free Model Tier

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A free model tier is a lease with an unpublished end date. Signing it is not the mistake. Learning the terms during a production incident is. The useful artifact before adoption is not a benchmark. It is an exit ticket: a short, executable set of conditions that says this tier has stopped fitting m…

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  1. 2026-10-18 07:29 · DEV Community — AI
    Exit Criteria for a Free Model Tier

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