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Multi-Provider AI Routing: How to Avoid a $3,200 API Bill
A junior dev's runaway loop caused an AI API bill to spike from $400 to $3,200. The author built an adaptive routing layer that selects providers based on cost and performance, with graceful fallbacks. The solution uses a Python class with configurable strategies to manage multi-provider calls efficiently.
Meridian48 take
The article offers a practical fix for a common scaling pain point, but the real takeaway is that teams should plan for cost governance and redundancy before production incidents force the issue.
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