Three Table Pattern: The Simple Hack Tracking AI's Hidden Costs
OpenAI's GPT-4o charges $2.50 per million input tokens. Scale to production, and your bill explodes. Enter the three table pattern—requests, responses, exchanges—that makes every AI round-trip traceable and cheap to audit.
theAIcatchupApr 07, 20264 min read
⚡ Key Takeaways
Three tables—requests, responses, exchanges—make AI costs queryable in one row.𝕏
Real code from chat UIs and jobs shows it scales without extra services.𝕏
Saves money via audits; positions you for AI analytics empires.𝕏
The 60-Second TL;DR
Three tables—requests, responses, exchanges—make AI costs queryable in one row.
Real code from chat UIs and jobs shows it scales without extra services.
Saves money via audits; positions you for AI analytics empires.
