With Copilot pricing exploding, how to not break the bank with AI coding?

2•rietie•1h ago

What are folks using to optimize spend without handing in too much on quality?

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Ivovosk•49m ago

use different models for different tasks. and do that on the fly

rietie•44m ago

how do you decide what model to route to what task?

Aireen5858•40m ago

byok is the move! i pay per token and run cheap models for the boring stuff, only splurge when a task needs it.

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