BYOK: Why I Let Users Bring Their Own LLM Key Instead of Running My Own API

There is a fairly predictable moment when an indie developer adds an LLM to a product. The prototype works. The model produces useful output. The API call costs a few cents. Then you start thinking about what happens when there are 100 users. Or 1,000. The architectural question becomes less about whether the LLM works and more about who pays for... Weiterlesen