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How I Cut My LLM API Costs by 70% Without Touching My Code

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I was spending $200/month on AI APIs. Now it's $60. Same quality, different approach. It started with a side project — a simple chatbot that answers questions about my documentation. I built it with GPT-4 because, well, GPT-4 is the default in every example you find online. I didn't think much abou…

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  1. 2026-08-25 00:56 · DEV Community — AI
    How I Cut My LLM API Costs by 70% Without Touching My Code

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