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Memory is just re-sending: what building a CLI chat tool taught me about LLM cost
Community description: I asked a chatbot my name. It told me. Ten seconds later it had no idea who I was. Nothing about the...
Dev.to | Sep 20, 2026 | Salima Iddrisu
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Every turn pays again for every turn before it. But look at the cost column: 156 output tokens cost $0. 000390 while 451 input tokens cost only $0. 000135. Testing gemini-3. 6-flash, one request reported 4 input tokens, 2 output tokens, and a total of 62.
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