LLM APIs without the jargon
What a large language model is, how tokens and context windows work and how to estimate what an API will cost you.
- 1What is a large language model?How an LLM works at a high level, what it is good at and where it fails.8 min
- 2Tokens and the context windowWhat a token is, how many words fit in a context window and why the same text costs different amounts.10 min
- 3How LLM API pricing worksInput vs output prices, cached input, the batch discount and a worked example.12 min
- 4Estimate your bill before you buildA repeatable method to budget an LLM feature and keep costs under control.10 min
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