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The Hidden Cost of AI: Why Repeated Prompts Are Burning Your Tokens, Time, and Sanity

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We've all experienced this moment over the last few months: You craft a detailed specification for your AI coding assistant. You outline the exact file structure, the required DOM classes, the metadata headers, and the Schema.org JSON-LD tags. You hit enter with high hopes. The AI responds with 300…

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  1. 2026-10-19 14:55 · DEV Community — AI
    The Hidden Cost of AI: Why Repeated Prompts Are Burning Your Tokens, Time, and Sanity

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