How I Cut My LLM API Costs by 70% Without Touching My Code
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I was staring at my monthly API bill last quarter, and the number genuinely made me wince — $212 for LLM calls alone. My app wasn't even that popular. I had maybe 3,000 daily active users, nothing viral, yet I was hemorrhaging cash on every request. After a weekend of digging through logs and provi…
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- 2026-10-15 00:55 · DEV Community — AI
How I Cut My LLM API Costs by 70% Without Touching My Code