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3 posts on this topic.
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Free LLM APIs for developers without unreliable shortcuts
A "free LLM API" search turns up quotas that change without notice. Here is a provider-selection framework built on quotas, tool support, privacy, and failover, not a stale list.
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Provider breakage is the silent killer of AI agents
Free and free-tier LLM providers rate-limit, retire models, and misreport capabilities, weekly. If your agent points at one provider, it breaks when they do. Routing with cooldowns, quarantine, and fallback is the fix.
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Strict-zero routing: why your agent should never spend behind your back
Most "free LLM" setups have a silent paid fallback. Strict-zero removes that risk: free pricing required, tools required, and no paid fallback, full stop. Here is what that means and why it matters.