https://thayer-blog.b2si.com/tags/agents/ Recent content in Agents on Learn Tinker Share Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en © 2026 Charles Thayer Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://thayer-blog.b2si.com/posts/ai-engineers-saving-llm-costs/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://thayer-blog.b2si.com/posts/ai-engineers-saving-llm-costs/ <h1 class="relative group">AI Engineers: Saving LLM Costs, A Quick Start Guide <div id="ai-engineers-saving-llm-costs-a-quick-start-guide" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#ai-engineers-saving-llm-costs-a-quick-start-guide" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h1> <p>See also: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LLMDevs/comments/1njmjsn/what_do_you_do_about_llm_token_costs/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">What do you do about LLM token costs?</a> for some great discussions.</p> <p>I&rsquo;m an AI software engineer doing consulting and startup work. Mostly I work on agents and RAG systems. I generally don&rsquo;t pay too much attention to costs but, as my clients grow and my agents are proliferate, API and inference costs are getting more expensive.</p>