How I Cut My LLM API Costs by 70% Without Touching My Code
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I used to think "LLM API costs are just a fact of life." Then I opened my credit card statement and saw a charge for $214.23. That was a side project—a small tool that summarizes long articles for a handful of paying users. It was making $80 a month. I was literally losing money every time someone…
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- 2026-09-01 00:56 · DEV Community — AI
How I Cut My LLM API Costs by 70% Without Touching My Code