Jev is not as cheap as you think. Unless it is.Everyone says Jev is cheap. Against my regex and embeddings it costs $33.20 per million questions. The evals say: depends. Real numbers.7 min read·jason.agostoni.netOct 17
Is It Still RAG If There's No Retrieval?28 years of career data in one Markdown file: how I built a recruiter-facing chatbot that barely counts as RAG. No embeddings, no vector store.11 min read·jason.agostoni.net1Oct 4
Can DeepSeek 4.1 Flash Replace Your $20 Coding Subscription?I ran DeepSeek 4.1 Flash through all five Ship-Bench roles: 94.5 average, 5/5 passes, $15.04 total. The catch shows up in review.15 min read·jason.agostoni.net13BMSep 27
What Happens When Every AI Tool You Use Shares One Brain?Three containers, one folder of Markdown, every AI tool I use sharing one brain. Total spend: a few pennies. A month in, I can't work without it.7 min read·jason.agostoni.netSep 6
Are You Using the Best Models for Your Agentic SDLC?Five model combos ran the same agentic exercise. The AI Credit bill spanned 27x, and the cheapest serious run wasn't the best. Real numbers.11 min read·jason.agostoni.net3Aug 23
