Spending $2,500/Day on AI: Lessons on Avoiding Expensive, Low-Quality Calls
zeeg · x · 2026-08-28
A developer shared that their maximum daily API spend has reached $2,500, excluding CI checks. They noted that their current strategy is to explicitly avoid AI calls known to produce junk results or be expensive for poor outcomes, effectively optimizing cost by preventing bad usage patterns.
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