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title: "Discussion on \"What It Actually Costs to Run an AI Product (My Real Numbers as a Solo Dev)\" | Hashnode"
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Honest, real numbers on what it costs to run an AI SaaS as a solo developer — LLM API spend, hosting, payments, and how I think about cost-per-request and pricing.

May 28 · 5 min read · yourcvsucks.hashnode.dev  
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