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LLM cost tracking, decoded.
Practical guides for developers and operators running AI workloads on OpenAI, Anthropic, Make.com and n8n. No fluff.
How a single OpenAI retry loop burned $72,000 overnight — and how to stop yours
OpenAI removed hard budget caps in 2024. We unpack the real incidents, why "alerts" aren't enough, and the proxy pattern that actually blocks runaway agents at the 429.
How to set a hard OpenAI budget limit in n8n (without writing a single line of code)
n8n's HTTP node + a drop-in proxy = per-workflow tracking with a hard 429 when you hit your monthly cap. Step-by-step setup in under 5 minutes.