Llm Cost Optimization

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Overview

Artificial Intelligence, specifically Large Language Models (LLMs), introduces a new variable cost component to software engineering: Inference tokens. Unlike traditional API costs which are often fixed or volume-tiered, LLM costs scale linearly with usage, context length, and model complexity.

Core Principle: "Spend on intelligence where it matters, optimize where it doesn't."