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Structured Prompts Cut Token Waste 35-40%. Here's Where It Actually Matters.

Dev.to · Nate Voss 1mo ago

Structured Prompts Cut Token Waste 35-40%. Here's Where It Actually Matters.

One structured prompt format. Two identical reasoning tasks. Same model. Unstructured: 1,240 tokens....

When Code Is Free, Intention Is the Craft

Dev.to · Nate Voss 1mo ago

When Code Is Free, Intention Is the Craft

I spent a week last month trying to decide whether to reach for a component library or build...

I wrote a rule after Claude got "is X built?" wrong 4 times. Looking for failure modes.

Dev.to · Nate Voss 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago

I wrote a rule after Claude got "is X built?" wrong 4 times. Looking for failure modes.

I wrote a rule for AI coding agents two days ago. It is untested in production sessions. I am posting...

Pre-Build Existence Audit Rule : looking for the failure modes I'm still missing

Dev.to · Nate Voss 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago

Pre-Build Existence Audit Rule : looking for the failure modes I'm still missing

I wrote a rule for AI coding agents two days ago. It is untested in production sessions. I am posting...

4 rules I added to my CLAUDE.md after a week of weird CLI bugs

Dev.to · Nate Voss ☁️ DevOps & Cloud ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago

4 rules I added to my CLAUDE.md after a week of weird CLI bugs

I shipped a small CLI tool last week and ran it for the first time on my own machine. The output had...

3 Things I Learned Auditing My LLM App's Token Spend (And Why Your Benchmarks Are Lying)

Dev.to · Nate Voss 🧠 Large Language Models ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago

3 Things I Learned Auditing My LLM App's Token Spend (And Why Your Benchmarks Are Lying)

You know that feeling when you ship an AI feature and realize your token bill is 3x what you...

3 Things I Learned Auditing My LLM App's Token Spend (And Why Your Benchmarks Are Lying)

Dev.to · Nate Voss 🧠 Large Language Models ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago

3 Things I Learned Auditing My LLM App's Token Spend (And Why Your Benchmarks Are Lying)

You know that feeling when you ship an AI feature and realize your token bill is 3x what you...

3 Things I Learned Auditing My LLM App's Token Spend (And Why Your Benchmarks Are Lying)

Dev.to · Nate Voss 🧠 Large Language Models ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago

3 Things I Learned Auditing My LLM App's Token Spend (And Why Your Benchmarks Are Lying)

You know that feeling when you ship an AI feature and realize your token bill is 3x what you...

How I Accidentally Spent $800/Month on LLM Tokens I Didn't Need (And How to Fix It)

Dev.to · Nate Voss 🧠 Large Language Models ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago

How I Accidentally Spent $800/Month on LLM Tokens I Didn't Need (And How to Fix It)

I spent six weeks shipping the wrong thing. I built PromptFuel because I was hemorrhaging money on...

3 Things I Learned Benchmarking Claude, GPT-4o, and Gemini on Real Dev Work

Dev.to · Nate Voss 2mo ago

3 Things I Learned Benchmarking Claude, GPT-4o, and Gemini on Real Dev Work

If you're still picking LLM providers by gut feeling, you're leaving money on the table. I ran 5...

3 Things I Learned Benchmarking Claude, GPT-4o, and Gemini on Real Dev Work

Dev.to · Nate Voss 🧠 Large Language Models ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago

3 Things I Learned Benchmarking Claude, GPT-4o, and Gemini on Real Dev Work

If you're still picking LLM providers by gut feeling, you're leaving money on the table. I ran 5...

3 Things I Learned Benchmarking Claude, GPT-4o, and Gemini on Real Dev Work

Dev.to · Nate Voss 2mo ago

3 Things I Learned Benchmarking Claude, GPT-4o, and Gemini on Real Dev Work

If you're still picking LLM providers by gut feeling, you're leaving money on the table. I ran 5...