The Burn-Rate Gate: A Fail-Closed Checklist for Shipping on a Free AI Allowance
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Your free allowance does not run out by accident. It runs out on a schedule nobody computed. Three numbers decide whether a free-tier AI build survives its launch day: what you were granted, what the provider says you consumed, and what you reserved for rollback. Most teams watch the first, guess a…
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- 2026-10-18 07:17 · DEV Community — AI
The Burn-Rate Gate: A Fail-Closed Checklist for Shipping on a Free AI Allowance