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Choosing a model in 2026: not a benchmark
Pick on task shape — latency, accuracy, cost, context length — not leaderboard rank. A model that wins on average isn't better on every one of your queries.
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Pick on task shape — latency, accuracy, cost, context length — not leaderboard rank. A model that wins on average isn't better on every one of your queries.
Prompt caching, model routing, and compression actually move an LLM bill. What each one does, what it doesn't, and the dashboard to build before you need it.
