Fifty seconds for half a megabyte: the optimisation that fixed the constant, not the order

September 5, 2026 · Dev.to

Frontier LLM prices didn't move for 5 months. In August, they moved three times, and one lab tripled its rate.
On August 1 I published a report whose headline finding was that frontier LLM API prices are structurally sticky. Across
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Woman stabbed by sister-in-law after remark on her brother, body dumped in tank
Woman stabbed by sisterinlaw after remark on her brother body dumped in tank
At least 10 killed in explosion at Bolivia military base
At least 10 killed in explosion at Bolivia military base