I put a 25-cent cap on every turn of my Android AI agent. Here's why a budget beat a smarter prompt
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The first time I let my own agent run a "research this and make me a spreadsheet" task with my own API key, I didn't look at the bill until afterwards. It wasn't huge. But I realised I had no idea what a single task could cost, and that's a weird feeling when it's your money and your key. That's wh…
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- 2026-10-25 11:54 · DEV Community — AI
I put a 25-cent cap on every turn of my Android AI agent. Here's why a budget beat a smarter prompt