What would a daily text puzzle cost if an LLM wrote every prompt? A back-of-envelope model
"LLMs are too expensive for a hobby game" and "LLMs are basically free now" can't both be true. The answer depends on one design choice: generate once per day, or once per player. I wanted a way to reason about this without trusting vibes, so I sketched a cost model for a toy project, "Riddle of th…
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- 2026-11-13 02:24 · DEV Community — AI
What would a daily text puzzle cost if an LLM wrote every prompt? A back-of-envelope model