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The AI built a failover for his busiest app in 2 minutes and saves him about 200 dollars a month

The AI built a primary/secondary API callout in 2 minutes after he ported his busiest app stage to Haiku, saving about 200 dollars a month.

$200a month

How it works

  1. He ports the busiest stage of his app to a cheaper model
  2. The AI builds a primary and secondary callout in 2 minutes
  3. The setup saves about 200 dollars a month

Why it’s worth knowing

Two minutes of building, paid back every month.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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