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When does self-hosting an LLM beat API pricing?
A worked model for finding your break-even point in tokens per month, including the costs teams usually forget.
Practical writing on GPU economics, model deployment and AI security, from the engineers doing the work.
A worked model for finding your break-even point in tokens per month, including the costs teams usually forget.
What you lose, what you save, and how to test it on your own tasks before you ship.
Why most RAG demos leak data across teams, and the patterns that stop it.
How to measure real utilization, and the five fixes that recover the most capacity.
A practical guide to evaluation suites made from your own users' questions.
Each risk explained for engineering leaders, with the control that addresses it.
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