The Hidden Math: Why "Cheapest Model" Doesn't Mean Cheapest Execution
The Hidden Math: Why "Cheapest Model" Doesn't Mean Cheapest Execution You're building an AI agent. Smart cost strategy: route to GPT-4o when you need reasoning, Haiku for simple classification, Groq when it's available and fast. In your head, the math is simple: pick the cheapest model per task. In practice, you ship code and never really know if it worked. Here's the gap: cheapest model ≠…
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