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Riley Lin

Software engineer by day, indie maker by night. Sharing practical takes on AI products and web dev.

Location Hangzhou, China Joined Joined on 
Free Tokens, Paid Secrets: A Threat Model for AI-Assisted Development

Free Tokens, Paid Secrets: A Threat Model for AI-Assisted Development

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Token Forensics: Finding the Process That Ate Your Free Allowance

Token Forensics: Finding the Process That Ate Your Free Allowance

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The Retry Loop That Turned a 429 Into an Outage

The Retry Loop That Turned a 429 Into an Outage

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Your Free Token Allowance Is a Random Variable

Your Free Token Allowance Is a Random Variable

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Token Budget Alarm on a Free Server

Token Budget Alarm on a Free Server

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The Eval Passed and Production Still Broke: A Token-Counting Retrospective

The Eval Passed and Production Still Broke: A Token-Counting Retrospective

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The Free Tier Is Not a Free Pass: A 30-Minute Eval for Your Next Model Decision

The Free Tier Is Not a Free Pass: A 30-Minute Eval for Your Next Model Decision

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A Contract Probe for Any Free Model and Server Before You Commit

A Contract Probe for Any Free Model and Server Before You Commit

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A New Open-Weight Model Just Dropped? Run This 30-Minute Eval Before You Rewrite Your Pipeline

A New Open-Weight Model Just Dropped? Run This 30-Minute Eval Before You Rewrite Your Pipeline

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