Recursive GPT-5-Mini calls often beat a single GPT-5 call for less money
lateinteraction · x · 2026-11-03
Joel (lateinteraction) adds cost context to a past project: recursively invoking GPT-5-Mini is often cheaper and better than a single GPT-5 call, with all experiments from start to finish costing only around $900 total.
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