The latest articles on DEV Community by Олександр (@hatabish). https://dev.to/hatabish https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4005960%2F45d8a0ed-41c7-455a-b8de-1b3753369164.jpg https://dev.to/hatabish en Олександр Sun, 28 Jun 2026 01:37:26 +0000 https://dev.to/hatabish/i-built-an-llm-router-that-picks-a-different-model-per-article-type-48lf https://dev.to/hatabish/i-built-an-llm-router-that-picks-a-different-model-per-article-type-48lf <p>I've been quietly running a small network of niche content sites for a few weeks. Two are live on real domains:</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://afixu.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">afixu.com</a> - home improvement and DIY tool guides</li> <li> <a href="https://aceju.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">aceju.com</a> - weekly AI tool awards, editorial format scored across 4 criteria</li> </ul> <p>The niche isn't the interesting part. The pipeline is.</p> <h2> The LLM router </h2> <p>Instead of one model for everything, a router picks per article type:</p> <ul> <li>premium/commercial pieces go to a stronger model</li> <li>high-volume informational drafts go to a cheaper, faster one</li> <li>if a provider is rate-limited, it falls through a cascade so generation never stalls</li> </ul> <h2> The QA loop </h2> <p>Every draft, before it ships, passes through:</p> <ol> <li>an anti-AI-tells cleanup (80+ regex replacements - "delve", "leverage", "robust", etc.)</li> <li>a rankability judge scoring depth, specificity, intent-match and trust on an 8-point scale</li> <li>a structure/schema check (FAQ block, JSON-LD, internal links)</li> </ol> <p>A daily job re-scores everything published in the last 24h and auto-regenerates the failures. The whole thing is Next.js 16 + MDX, one git repo per site.</p> <p>The honest target: a $30k/mo run-rate in ~24 months across 30 mature sites, monetized through guest-link sales, not ads. Slow on purpose.</p> <p>Happy to go deeper on the router logic or the QA scoring if anyone's interested.</p> webdev ai seo nextjs