LLM API bills, and why a token costs what it costs
How input and output tokens get priced, why output runs 5-6x more, and how prompt caching cuts the input bill by 10x. Plus the hidden costs that ambush people.
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Posts on AI engineering, LLM systems, and software development.
What leaves your machine when you use AI
What providers actually see, log, and keep when you call an LLM API in 2026. What "we don't train on your data" really means, how free and paid tiers differ, and when local is the only safe choice.