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AI & Tech Development
Token costs, database sizing, API pricing, and cloud infrastructure math for engineers.
Our AI & Tech Development category serves developers, data engineers, and system architects who need precise estimates for cloud resources and AI APIs. Guides detail mathematical modeling of token counts, prompt caching discounts, vector database storage overheads, and network egress costs. Each article includes reference metrics, cost comparison tables, and direct links to the matching developer calculator.
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Understanding AI Tokens and Cost: How API Pricing Works for GPT-5, Claude 4, and Gemini 3
A developer's guide to understanding Large Language Model (LLM) tokens, API cost calculations, prompt caching optimizations, and chatbot context accumulation mathematics.
Vector Database Sizing: Sizing Index, RAM and Storage Overhead
An in-depth engineering guide to calculating RAM capacity, disk storage overhead, and index multipliers for vector databases like Pinecone, Milvus, Qdrant, and pgvector.
AI & Tech Development calculators
Popular ai & tech development calculators
Use these calculators alongside the guides above to run the numbers for your specific situation.
AI Tokens & Cost Calculator
Estimate tokens, simulate prompt caching savings, compare API costs across leading LLM models, and calculate multi-turn chat context growth.
Subnet Calculator
Calculate CIDR, subnet masks, and address ranges.
Vector DB Storage & RAM Estimator
Estimate RAM and disk storage capacity needed for vector databases based on embedding parameters.