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The "next version" of your LLM can cost 33% less — or 4x more

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Upgrading an LLM looks like the cheapest change in your codebase. You replace "gemini-2.5-flash" with "gemini-3.5-flash" and redeploy. One string, no new library, no new API. On your invoice it is not one string. On the same traffic, that edit makes the bill 4.1 times bigger. The same kind of edit…

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  1. 2026-10-23 11:00 · DEV Community — AI
    The "next version" of your LLM can cost 33% less — or 4x more

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