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Free Model Lanes Need an Expiry Date: A Trial Ledger With Kill Criteria

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A summarizer starts as a demo. Someone points it at a free model lane. Three weeks later it serves internal tickets. Nobody decided that. The trial simply never ended. This post is the guard for the moment before that happens. It is a field guide to not using a free model lane, plus a small ledger…

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  1. 2026-10-20 09:25 · DEV Community — AI
    Free Model Lanes Need an Expiry Date: A Trial Ledger With Kill Criteria

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