AI & Agents
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What an LLM application really costs: build, run and maintain
Where the money goes in an LLM application: build effort, model tokens, retrieval infrastructure, evaluation and ongoing maintenance, and how to cut each one.
LLM applications, agents and automation, explained for the people who have to build, buy or run them.
Let's build the system behind it. Tell us what the process is and where it breaks — the first conversation is about constraints, not technology.