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A standard legal contract—12,000 words, nothing unusual—cost $0.36 to process through Claude 3.5 last month. That same contract now costs $0.53 through Claude 4.7. The words didn't change. The model got better. But the bill went up 47%. \n\nThe culpr...

The argument for managing your own servers usually starts with a spreadsheet. A VPS costs $20/month. A deployment platform adds $10-30/month on top of that. "I can SSH into a server and run commands," you think. "Why would I pay extra for something I...

Hey everyone, and welcome back! After our brief but important detour into the world of AI literacy in the last post (thanks for sticking with me!), we’re diving straight back into the heart of the ‘Chronicles of a Home Data Center.’ If you’ve been fo...

I recall my first experience with Azure. It was the thrill of discovering a new cloud platform. I received a surprisingly large bill that left me stunned. The more I learned, the more I realized that cost management in cloud computing is one major de...
