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Applied AI·Production patterns and cost

you finally attribute spend per feature and find that a summariser almost nobody uses is a third of the bill.

Cost per request

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The unit-economics number: input tokens times input rate plus output tokens times output rate, aggregated per feature and per customer. Instrument it from day one; per-feature cost attribution is what tells you which product surface is quietly burning money.

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