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Muhammad Haroon
Muhammad Haroon

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AI Costs Can Explode Quickly: How to Control Token Usage

Building an AI-powered feature can feel surprisingly cheap at first.

You make an API request, get a response, and the cost is only a few cents.

Then your application starts getting real users.

Suddenly, you’re sending large prompts, conversation history, database records, tool outputs, and documents to an AI model on every request.

That small API bill can grow much faster than expected.

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