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I built my AI stack on 'free' quotas. Here's the math nobody publishes

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I ran out of paid quota three times this year, and each time the "free" backup I planned for didn't behave the way the word "free" promised. It took me a while to notice that "free" in the AI world is actually four completely different things wearing the same label. The four kinds of free 1. Harnes…

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  1. 2026-09-20 04:28 · DEV Community — AI
    I built my AI stack on 'free' quotas. Here's the math nobody publishes

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