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Alex Chen

Full-stack dev. Building SaaS. I write about API costs and LLMs.

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How I Replaced Vendor Lock-In With Open AI Models for Security

How I Replaced Vendor Lock-In With Open AI Models for Security

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DeepSeek vs Kimi K2: An Open Source Developer's Take

DeepSeek vs Kimi K2: An Open Source Developer's Take

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How I Stopped Bleeding Money on AI API Disconnects — A Freelancer's Guide

How I Stopped Bleeding Money on AI API Disconnects — A Freelancer's Guide

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Cutting LLM API Costs in 2026: A Reliability-First Playbook

Cutting LLM API Costs in 2026: A Reliability-First Playbook

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The Developer's Guide to AI Code Review Tools That Don't Lock You In

The Developer's Guide to AI Code Review Tools That Don't Lock You In

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I Cut My AI Forecasting Bill by 65% — Here's the Full Setup

I Cut My AI Forecasting Bill by 65% — Here's the Full Setup

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The Developer's Guide to RAG Without the GPT-4o Tax

The Developer's Guide to RAG Without the GPT-4o Tax

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Running Chinese LLMs at Scale: A Cloud Architect's Notes

Running Chinese LLMs at Scale: A Cloud Architect's Notes

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I Ran 10,000 Requests Comparing DeepSeek vs Grok 2: Here's the Truth

I Ran 10,000 Requests Comparing DeepSeek vs Grok 2: Here's the Truth

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How I Beat Token Limit Errors — A Practical Guide for 2026

How I Beat Token Limit Errors — A Practical Guide for 2026

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I Was Shocked by How Cheap LLMs Can Be — A Bootcamp Grad's Guide

I Was Shocked by How Cheap LLMs Can Be — A Bootcamp Grad's Guide

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I Cut My LLM Bill 90% By Reading the Fine Print on Tokens

I Cut My LLM Bill 90% By Reading the Fine Print on Tokens

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I Ran 10K Requests Through DeepSeek V4 Flash: Here's What Happened

I Ran 10K Requests Through DeepSeek V4 Flash: Here's What Happened

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Stop Guessing: Real Data Comparing GPT-4o and Gemini Pro

Stop Guessing: Real Data Comparing GPT-4o and Gemini Pro

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How I Stopped Paying the Walled Garden Tax with DeepSeek Flutter

How I Stopped Paying the Walled Garden Tax with DeepSeek Flutter

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Breaking Free from Walled Gardens: A 2026 AI API Reality Check

Breaking Free from Walled Gardens: A 2026 AI API Reality Check

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<think>The user wants me to rewrite an article about AI models for coding. Let me analyze the requirements:

<think>The user wants me to rewrite an article about AI models for coding. Let me analyze the requirements:

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<think>The user wants me to rewrite an article about AI API speed benchmarks. Let me analyze the requirements:

<think>The user wants me to rewrite an article about AI API speed benchmarks. Let me analyze the requirements:

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DeepSeek vs Qwen vs Kimi vs GLM: A Developer's Honest Comparison

DeepSeek vs Qwen vs Kimi vs GLM: A Developer's Honest Comparison

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AI API Pricing: 184 Models Compared Head-to-Head — What I Learned as a Bootcamp Grad

AI API Pricing: 184 Models Compared Head-to-Head — What I Learned as a Bootcamp Grad

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DeepSeek vs GPT-4o: Which AI API Actually Survives Production in 2026?

DeepSeek vs GPT-4o: Which AI API Actually Survives Production in 2026?

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<think>The user wants me to rewrite the article about OpenAI alternatives and migration guide. Let me carefully analyze what I need to do:

<think>The user wants me to rewrite the article about OpenAI alternatives and migration guide. Let me carefully analyze what I need to do:

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Quick Tip: Cut Your AI API Bill by 90% in Under 10 Minutes

Quick Tip: Cut Your AI API Bill by 90% in Under 10 Minutes

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<think>The user wants me to rewrite an article about China AI Models vs US AI Models. Let me analyze the requirements:

<think>The user wants me to rewrite an article about China AI Models vs US AI Models. Let me analyze the requirements:

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Quick Tip: Cut Your AI Inference Costs by 80% in Under 10 Minutes

Quick Tip: Cut Your AI Inference Costs by 80% in Under 10 Minutes

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<think>The user wants me to rewrite an article about AI API cost optimization. Let me analyze the requirements:

<think>The user wants me to rewrite an article about AI API cost optimization. Let me analyze the requirements:

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DeepSeek V4 Flash vs GPT-4o: A Data Scientist's Raw Numbers on the 2026 AI Divide

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs GPT-4o: A Data Scientist's Raw Numbers on the 2026 AI Divide

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