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Cost Optimization

3 articles tagged “Cost Optimization”.

2026-01-06
4 min

The RAG Tax: Why Your Chatbot Costs 10x More Than You Think

We analyzed why a simple RAG app costs $5,000/mo. The culprit isn't just GPT-5—it's your Vector DB operations and lazy context stuffing. Here is how to fix it.

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2026-01-03
5 min

Prompt Caching Vanished? Why You’re Re-Paying for the Same 10k Tokens (and How to Fix It)

Prompt caching is the closest thing to a real discount in LLM land — but most apps accidentally get 0 cache hits. Here’s the practical, production-grade way to structure prompts, m

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2026-01-03
5 min

Cursor Credits Vanished? The Real Cost of "Best" vs "Value" Models

I ran out of Cursor fast requests in 3 days. Here’s a practical cost-efficiency breakdown of Claude 4.5, GPT-5.2, and the hidden budget kings — based on real Cursor usage behavior.

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