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Dakota Liu

Frontend developer writing about modern web stacks, AI integrations, and the products I come across.

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From Empty Directory to Deployed AI Bot: A Free-Infrastructure Walkthrough

From Empty Directory to Deployed AI Bot: A Free-Infrastructure Walkthrough

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Nightly Drift Checks: Catch a Free Model's Behavior Change Before Your Users Do

Nightly Drift Checks: Catch a Free Model's Behavior Change Before Your Users Do

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Free LLM Tier or Self-Hosted? A 5-Question Framework (and a Probe Script)

Free LLM Tier or Self-Hosted? A 5-Question Framework (and a Probe Script)

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Context Budgeting: Keep Your AI Assistant Sharp Past the First 20 Minutes

Context Budgeting: Keep Your AI Assistant Sharp Past the First 20 Minutes

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Stretch a Free LLM Quota With a 40-Line Semantic Cache

Stretch a Free LLM Quota With a 40-Line Semantic Cache

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Launch-Week LLM? Run a Free-Server Probe Before You Switch

Launch-Week LLM? Run a Free-Server Probe Before You Switch

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MiniMax H3 and the Free-Tier Trap: Run a 12-Prompt Gate Before You Switch

MiniMax H3 and the Free-Tier Trap: Run a 12-Prompt Gate Before You Switch

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Stop Picking LLMs by Vibes: A Reproducible Evaluation Harness You Can Run for Free

Stop Picking LLMs by Vibes: A Reproducible Evaluation Harness You Can Run for Free

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