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Solo dev builds AI observability platform on $0 infrastructure

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

Cognilumin is a stateless AI observability platform with three tools for explaining, visualizing, and debugging AI behavior. It runs on free tiers of Gemini, Groq, and OpenRouter with no databases or frameworks. The creator built it entirely on shared hosting using vanilla PHP and JavaScript.

Meridian48 take
A clever proof of concept that shows what's possible with free APIs and minimal infrastructure, but its long-term viability hinges on rate limits and lack of persistence.
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