Why 99% of your LLM Bill is Context Overhead (and how to measure it)
The 99% is a measured share of token volume—not proof that 99% of dollars are wasted. In one five-day telemetry window, 99.13% of recorded model tokens were input tokens. That is a useful signal: the work surrounding a model’s response can dwarf the response itself. But input tokens are not automat…
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- 2026-10-31 16:54 · DEV Community — AI
Why 99% of your LLM Bill is Context Overhead (and how to measure it)