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Model routing: why choosing Haiku, Sonnet, or Opus matters more than your prompt

80% of AI cost reduction comes from sending the right request to the right model — not from prompt engineering. A practical guide to model routing in production.

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Apr 23, 2026·7 min read

Prompt caching: the 90% cost reduction nobody talks about

Anthropic's ephemeral cache discount is mechanically simple but operationally hard. The placement pattern, the 1024-token threshold, and what can and cannot be cached.

ai-costarchitectureclaude

Apr 23, 2026·6 min read