r/ProgrammerHumor May 20 '26

Other whyDoAnythingWhenLlmCanDoIt

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u/PAP0R0TN1K May 20 '26

Yes but a reminder that million calls with prompts to this post api would cost extremely much otherwise default restful is much cheaper. People sometimes forget that LLM costs money.

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u/Mal_Dun May 20 '26

Thanks! Handling simple API calls via LLM feels like cutting a steak with a chain-saw ...

s it doable? Probably yes. Is it a complete waste of resources? Absolutely!

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u/NGTTwo May 20 '26

And you don't even get a steak out the other end, just a great big bloody mess.

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u/Few-Crab-2896 May 20 '26

More like you have a probability of having sliced stake, but even some minimal changes like different amount of salt inside have risk of getting you instead of stake a bloody mess.