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Developer Microtransactions

LLMs can be super fun and useful, but they sure can lure into being a bit lazy. If you are not currently getting subsidized tokens through some subscription plan, then this interaction with the LLM starts to feel oddly familiar. You put in your API, insert some credits, and watch the money ticker start to creep higher and higher. It's exactly how games use microtransactions to keep you hooked. Sure you COULD take an hour to fiddle with that docker-compose.yml or for $.15 you could have it done now!