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#llm-ops
4 posts tagged llm-ops.
- infrastructure
Self Hosting LLM vs API Cost: A TCO Breakdown for 2026
A quantitative breakdown of self hosting LLM vs API cost — hardware, cloud GPU rental, engineering overhead, and the utilization trap that breaks most breakeven models.
- ops
Prompt Versioning and Deployment: The Operational Workflow
Versioning prompts is the easy part. The operational hard parts — decoupling prompt releases from code deploys, labels for staging vs production
- ops
Self-Hosted vs API LLMs: The Operational Tradeoffs
The self-host-versus-API decision is usually framed as a cost-per-token comparison. The real tradeoffs are operational — GPU memory math, who owns
- ops
Token-Cost Observability: What You Measure vs What You Should
Most LLM apps track total spend and call it done. The interesting signals — per-feature cost, per-user attribution, anomaly bands — require deliberate