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I discovered I was designing my AI tools backwards. Here’s an example. This was my newsletter processing chain : reading emails, calling a newsletter processor, extracting companies, & then adding them to the CRM. This involved four different steps, costing $3.69 for every thousand newsletters processed. Before: Newsletter Processing Chain (first image) Then I created a unified newsletter tool which combined everything using the Google Agent Development Kit, Google’s framework for building production grade AI agent tools : (second image) Why is the unified newsletter tool more complicated? It includes multiple actions in a single interface (process, search, extract, validate), implements state management that tracks usage patterns & caches results, has rate limiting built in, & produces structured JSON outputs with metadata instead of plain text. But here’s the counterintuitive part : despite being more complex internally, the unified tool is simpler for the LLM to use because it provides consistent, structured outputs that are easier to parse, even though those outputs are longer. To understand the impact, we ran tests of 30 iterations per test scenario. The results show the impact of the new architecture : (third image) We were able to reduce tokens by 41% (p=0.01, statistically significant), which translated linearly into cost savings. The success rate improved by 8% (p=0.03), & we were able to hit the cache 30% of the time, which is another cost savings. While individual tools produced shorter, “cleaner” responses, they forced the LLM to work harder parsing inconsistent formats. Structured, comprehensive outputs from unified tools enabled more efficient LLM processing, despite being longer. My workflow relied on dozens of specialized Ruby tools for email, research, & task management. Each tool had its own interface, error handling, & output format. By rolling them up into meta tools, the ultimate performance is better, & there’s tremendous cost savings. You can find the complete architecture on GitHub.

After optimizing costs for many AI systems, I've developed a systematic approach that consistently delivers cost reductions of 60-80%. Here's my playbook, in order of least to most effort: Step 1: Optimizing Inference Throughput Start here for the biggest wins with least effort. Enabling caching (LiteLLM (YC W23), Zilliz) and strategic batch processing can reduce costs by a lot with very little effort. I have seen teams cut costs by half simply by implementing caching and batching requests that don't require real-time results. Step 2: Maximizing Token Efficiency This can give you an additional 50% cost savings. Prompt engineering, automated compression (ScaleDown), and structured outputs can cut token usage without sacrificing quality. Small changes in how you craft prompts can lead to massive savings at scale. Step 3: Model Orchestration Use routers and cascades to send prompts to the cheapest and most effective model for that prompt (OpenRouter, Martian). Why use GPT-4 for simple classification when GPT-3.5 will do? Smart routing ensures you're not overpaying for intelligence you don't need. Step 4: Self-Hosting I only suggest self-hosting for teams at scale because of the complexities involved. This requires more technical investment upfront but pays dividends for high-volume applications. The key is tackling these layers systematically. Most teams jump straight to self-hosting or model switching, but the real savings come from optimizing throughput and token efficiency first. What's your experience with AI cost optimization?

Helped a Hospital slash operational costs by 25% while improving patient care – here’s the breakdown A private hospital I worked with was facing two major problems: Rising operational costs eating into profit margins Declining patient satisfaction scores due to perceived cost-cutting They needed a way to reduce expenses without compromising care quality—or risk losing patients to competitors. 3 Strategic Changes We Made 1) Switched to Smart Inventory Management Reduced medical supply waste by tracking usage trends and automating reorders. Negotiated bulk purchase discounts with suppliers. 2) Optimized Energy & Infrastructure Costs Upgraded to energy-efficient lighting and HVAC systems. Shifted non-critical power usage to off-peak hours. 3) Reallocated Staff for Maximum Efficiency Cross-trained nurses and support staff to handle peak hours. Introduced telemedicine for minor follow-ups, freeing up doctors for critical cases. The Impact? ✅ 25% reduction in monthly operational costs ✅ 15% improvement in patient satisfaction scores ✅ Faster lab turnaround times due to streamlined workflows The best part? They maintained the same quality of care while saving ₹50+ lakhs annually—proving that cost optimization doesn’t mean cutting corners. Most hospitals think they have to choose between costs or quality, but the right strategy lets you improve both. If your hospital is struggling with high expenses or inefficient processes, DM me. Let’s find smart ways to boost your bottom line #healthcare #healthtech

If you haven’t checked your  digital stack in the last 12 months,  you’re probably wasting money. ❗Most companies are overpaying for  software — often by thousands every year. You’ve tried to be smart about tools. You added a CRM, calendars, email,  website builder, funnels, invoices generators,  AI chat bots or AI caller, AI automations systems,  reporting — all with good intentions. Then you tried to connect them. Some didn’t play nice. “All-in-one” platforms turned messy. And plugging them into the rest of your  systems was harder (and more expensive) than promised. You care about privacy and control. You’d love to run sensitive workflows on  infrastructure you trust — even private  servers if needed — without  hiring a full DevOps team. Maybe you even tested open-source or local tools. They worked… until the upgrades, maintenance, and  server knowledge became too much. Your business isn’t supposed to be a tooling lab. You want something simple that scales —  without costs jumping every time you grow. Here’s the real issue: ⭕The problem isn’t growth. ⭕The problems are overlap,  poor wiring, wrong vendors,  and not knowing the alternatives. When your core flows are designed properly,  you keep the same capabilities,  reduce moving parts, and scale costs with  real usage — not with every new milestone. ✅ That’s how many teams save thousands  per year and make growth easier. So what works? ▶️ Cost + capability review with your stack Audit:  CRM, calendars, funnels, emails, SMS,  chat, invoices, scheduling,  social, automations, reporting. Find overlaps, fees, and bottlenecks.  Keep or expand capability — while paying less. ▶️ Scalability redesign Costs should rise only  where usage truly increases. In many cases, you can double  activity with little to no extra platform spend. Even at scale, increases stay tied to fair usage. ▶️ Privacy & control path Add a no-code layer on shared infrastructure, or  move key workflows to private servers. Same outcomes. More control. Only if it makes sense. As a Digital Business Architect I’ve spent  25 years testing tools and ecosystems,  always looking at the teams behind them  and how they scale. I become obsessed with optimization and automations. This year, I cut another ~£4,000 from my own stack. Recent client projects saved between  £5,000–£10,000 per year —  while actually expanding capability. Some even grew 2× with  little to no extra software cost. If you have a team of 5+ people and tool spend is over £3,000/year,  book a free 20-min Digital Ecosystem Audit call. No obligation. I’ll show where your setup can be simpler,  what you’re likely to save, and  how to grow without adding more platforms. Tap comment SAVE or DM me and  I’ll send the quick checklist link. 👉 Ready to stop overpaying and start scaling on fair terms?

We get asked a lot: “How do you handle design system documentation?” So I recorded a full walkthrough of our actual workflow. Here’s the short version: 1. We use Figma Console MCP to generate component documentation. 2. It analyzes the selected Figma component. 3. If a developed version exists, it compares design + code and checks for parity. 4. It generates structured markdown docs (great for nearly any documentation software as is). 5. We ingest those docs into our Company Docs MCP. 6. They’re published to a vector database and instantly retrievable via Claude, Slack, or any MCP client. The important part: This is not “press a button and hope for magic.” The purpose, intent, governance, and usage guidelines still start with humans. AI handles the structured synthesis. It inspects variants, props, tokens, detects drift, and formats it consistently. We stay involved where judgment matters. From there, documentation becomes queryable infrastructure. Ask Claude: → “What variants does Button Group support?” → “Which tokens are applied?” → “Is there drift between design and code?” Or ask the Slack bot the same thing. Same source. Same context. Live retrieval. The demo walks through the entire flow, including generating docs from Figma-only components and publishing them through our MCP server. If you’re deep in documentation work, this one’s for you. 🔗 Company Docs Repo: https://lnkd.in/gZpZ4p7W 📖 Resource Article: https://lnkd.in/gnHDXXA7 Documentation doesn’t have to sit in a static site hoping someone reads it. It can participate!

Unified QA/QC Document Matrix🚧 Quality is not created during inspection. It is built through structured documentation across every project stage. A well-defined QA/QC document flow ensures: ✔ Traceability ✔ Compliance ✔ Risk control ✔ Client confidence ✔ Smooth project handover Below is a simplified stage-wise QA/QC document matrix used in fabrication and construction environments. 📌 Project Planning & Kick-off Quality Plan (QMP) – Defines quality scope and objectives. Inspection & Test Schedule (ITS) – Defines inspection stages and acceptance criteria. Work Procedure (SWP) – Standard operational practices. Method of Execution (MOE) – Execution methodology description. Risk & HSE Assessment – Hazard identification and control planning. Document Register (DR) – Submission and approval tracking. 📌 Material Management Material Purchase Request (MPR) – Material sourcing and specifications. Mill Test Certificate (MTC) – Material compliance confirmation. Material Inspection Report (RMIR) – Incoming material verification. Material Traceability Log (MTL) – Heat and lot traceability. Identification Log – Tagging and marking control. Storage Record – Preservation and storage monitoring. 📌 Welding & Fabrication WPS – Defines welding parameters. PQR – Qualification test results summary. Welder Qualification Log (WQL) – Welder competency tracking. Fit-up Report – Joint preparation verification. Weld Inspection Report – Visual welding inspection. Dimensional Report – Tolerance verification. Consumable Record – Electrode and filler traceability. 📌 NDT & Examination VT Report – Visual surface inspection. PT Report – Surface crack detection. MT Report – Near-surface flaw identification. UT Report – Internal defect detection. RT Report – Radiographic weld integrity verification. PMI Report – Alloy and material grade confirmation. 📌 Surface Preparation & Coating Surface Preparation Report – Cleaning and profile verification. Environmental Log – Humidity and dew point monitoring. Coating Report – Application details and system records. DFT Report – Coating thickness measurement. Batch Register – Paint batch and expiry control. Holiday Test – Coating continuity verification. 📌 Testing & Final Verification Hydro / Pneumatic Test – Pressure and leak integrity verification. Load Test – Functional performance validation. Final Inspection Summary – Readiness confirmation. Repair / Touch-up Log – Rework tracking. Packing Record – Preservation before dispatch. 📌 Calibration, Audit & Handover Calibration Certificates – Instrument accuracy confirmation. Calibration Register – Validity tracking. Audit Report – System compliance evaluation. NCR – Non-conformance recording. CAPA – Corrective and preventive action tracking. As-Built Report – Final dimensional record. Material Utilization Report – Issue vs usage reconciliation. QA/QC Dossier – Final compiled quality records. Dispatch Note – Shipment approval.

Stop chasing SEO tactics. They don’t scale. Systems do. Most SEO workflows aren’t failing because of bad strategy. They’re failing because execution is fragmented. We’re still juggling: keywords, content, links, audits, reports. Manually. In silos. So, I redesigned my entire SEO process into → a 4-phase system powered by AI agents: 1️⃣ Research  Agents surface keywords and analyze competitors. 2️⃣ Creation  Agents build outlines and support AI-optimized prompting. 3️⃣ Optimization  Agents strengthen internal linking, schema, and local SEO. 4️⃣ Analysis  Agents monitor performance and tell you what to fix next. This isn’t about “using AI tools.” It’s about building an SEO engine that runs with minimal manual oversight. That’s how I’m saving 20+ hours a week  and spending my time where it actually matters: strategy, decisions, direction. I mapped the full system in the graphic below. Quick check: Where is your biggest bottleneck right now ⤷ Research, Creation, Optimization, or Analysis? 👇 Curious to hear. P.S. Writing "Become AI-Visible" a practical guide on showing up inside AI answers. 👉 Get early access + behind-the-scenes updates ↓ https://lnkd.in/eCm-wuAf

I replaced my entire SEO workflow with one AI tool. Not ChatGPT. Not Gemini. Claude. And most SEOs haven't even tried it yet. I was spending 3 hours per article on research, briefs, meta tags, and internal linking. Now I do the same work in 40 minutes. Same quality. Half the stress. Here's exactly how I use Claude for every SEO task: 1. Research → Keyword Research & Clustering Paste your seed keywords. Claude groups them by search intent — informational, transactional, navigational — and maps out topic clusters for topical authority. What used to take me half a day now takes 10 minutes. 2. On-Page SEO → Meta Titles & Descriptions Paste your page content. Claude writes 3 to 5 title tag and meta description variants — keyword placed, under 60 characters, optimized for higher CTR. No more staring at a blank box wondering what to write. 3. Technical → Schema Markup Generator Paste your page, product, article, or FAQ. Claude outputs clean JSON-LD schema ready to drop straight into your head tag. Zero developer required. This alone saves my clients hundreds of dollars a month. 4. Linking → Internal Link Strategy Paste your list of URLs and page topics. Claude maps which pages should link to which — with anchor text suggestions matched to your exact keyword targets. Perfect for sites with 50+ posts that have never had a deliberate internal link plan. 5.Planning → Content Brief Generation Give Claude a keyword. It outputs a full brief — H1, H2s, word count, entities, FAQs to answer, and internal link suggestions. Ready for any writer to pick up and execute without a single follow-up question. 6.Writing → SEO-Optimised Article Writing Give Claude a brief and keyword. It writes a full article — hook intro, structured H2s, target keyword in the first 100 words, FAQ section, and a CTA at the end. Ready to publish. This is a game changer for solo founders who can't afford an agency. 7. Analysis → Competitor Content Analysis Paste a competitor article or URL. Claude finds their content gaps, missed topics, and angles you can own to outrank them on the SERP fast. I run this before writing every single piece of content now. 8. Repurpose → Repurpose for New Intent Paste an old article. Claude rewrites it for a completely different intent — turns a "what is X" post into a high-intent "best X for Y" piece without starting from scratch. Incredible for aged content stuck on page 2 or 3. 9. Reporting → Automate SEO Reporting Paste your GSC or Ahrefs data. Claude writes a structured monthly SEO report — wins, drops, opportunities, and a prioritized 30-day action plan — in minutes. I used to spend 4 hours on client reports. Now it takes 20 minutes. I promise you'll wonder why you waited this long. Which of these 9 use cases are you trying first? 👇 ❤️ Save this, your complete Claude SEO workflow in one place. ♻️ Repost to help someone reclaim hours of their week right now. ➕ Follow me for weekly AI tools and SEO systems that actually move the needle.

We reduced our Snowflake compute cost by 58% in just 4 months — without new tools, without new hires. Just smarter usage and disciplined engineering. Here’s exactly what we changed. The Old Way (How we were burning credits): → One large warehouse for every workload → ETL, analytics, ML — all hitting the same cluster → No query monitoring or resource groups → Multiple teams refreshing the same tables → Heavy use of **SELECT *** → No auto-suspend / no auto-resume → Dashboards refreshing every few minutes → Duplicate datasets across schemas We were paying for waste, not performance. The New Way (Cost-Optimized Snowflake): → Right-sized warehouses per workload → Auto-suspend at 60–120 seconds → Query acceleration only where required → Zero-copy clones instead of duplicate tables → Clustering used selectively on high-scan tables → Result cache + local disk caching fully leveraged → Dashboards moved to incremental queries → Storage cleaned, compressed, reorganized Costs started dropping immediately — not by magic, by discipline. What actually moved the needle: 1️⃣ We separated and right-sized workloads Small WH for ingestion. Medium for transformations. XL only when absolutely needed. No more pipelines blocking dashboards or ad-hoc analysis. Same work. Fewer credits. Faster teams. 2️⃣ Aggressive auto-suspend Some warehouses now run 10 minutes/day instead of 24x7. Most teams forget: 👉 You pay for running clusters, not for queries. 3️⃣ Zero-Copy Cloning killed our duplicate storage Before: every team made their own data copy. After: one base dataset + clones. Same flexibility. Zero extra storage cost. 4️⃣ We banned SELECT * (especially in BI tools) Replaced with: ✔ Column-pruned views ✔ Incremental refresh logic Scanning dropped overnight. 5️⃣ Clustering only where it mattered We clustered just the top 3% of tables causing 80% of scan cost. Perfect balance of performance + cost. 6️⃣ We cleaned up stale & unused data → Reduced retention → Moved cold data to cheaper tiers → Reorganized micro-partitions 40 TB storage reclaimed. The Results (After 4 Months): 📉 Cost: $72K → $30K ⚡ Avg Query Time: 14s → 5s 📊 Scanned Data: ↓ 80% 🚀 Warehouse Utilization: 32% → 74% 🧹 Storage: -40 TB 👥 Team Size: No change The Real Lesson? Snowflake isn’t expensive. Undisciplined usage is expensive. The common problems: → Oversized warehouses → No workload separation → Duplicate datasets → SELECT * everywhere → BI tools running abusive queries → No governance or monitoring When managed properly, Snowflake becomes one of the most cost-efficient cloud data platforms. #Snowflake #CostOptimization #DataEngineering #CloudDataWarehouse #Analytics #ModernDataStack

The Data engineering things Databricks Cost Reduction! Interviewers: Can you share some advanced strategies you’ve used to reduce costs, with examples and figures?" Candidate: strategies for cost optimization. Advanced Strategies Optimizing Job Scheduling and Cluster Management: Interviewer: "How do you handle job scheduling to optimize costs?" Candidate: "I implemented a strategy where we grouped jobs with similar resource requirements and execution times to run sequentially on the same cluster, reducing the number of cluster spin-ups and terminations." Figures: Before : Clusters were started for each job, leading to frequent initialization costs. Monthly cost was around $8,000. After : By grouping jobs, we reduced the cluster initialization instances by 50%, bringing the cost down to $5,000. Savings: $3,000 per month, a 37.5% reduction. Dynamic Resource Allocation Based on Workload Patterns: Interviewer: "Can you explain how dynamic resource allocation works in your setup?" Candidate: "We analyzed workload patterns to predict peak usage times and adjusted cluster sizes dynamically. For example, during non-peak hours, we reduced the cluster size significantly." Figures: Before : Clusters were over-provisioned during non-peak hours, costing about $10,000 monthly. After : Adjusting cluster size dynamically during off-peak hours saved us $4,000 monthly. Savings: $4,000 per month, a 40% reduction. Using Job Execution Notebooks Efficiently: Interviewer: "How do you optimize notebook execution to save costs?" "We identified and modularized our notebooks to avoid unnecessary execution. By running only the essential parts of the notebook and reusing cached results, we significantly reduced computation time and resource usage." Figures: Before : Full notebook execution for each job cycle cost $7,000 monthly. After : $4,500 monthly. Savings: $2,500 per month, a 35.7% reduction. Interviewer: "Can you provide a specific tricky scenario where you optimized costs unexpectedly?" Candidate: "Certainly. In one project, we realized that our data ingestion process was the costliest component due to high data volumes and frequent updates." Problem: High Ingestion Costs: Candidate: "The ingestion process was initially costing us around $12,000 per month." Solution: Incremental Data Processing: Candidate: "We shifted to an incremental data processing approach using Delta Lake. Instead of processing entire datasets, we processed only the changes." Figures: Before: Full dataset processing cost $12,000 monthly. After : Incremental processing reduced the costs to $6,000 monthly. Savings: $6,000 per month, a 50% reduction. Unexpected Benefit: Reduced Data Storage Costs: Candidate: "As a side benefit, our storage costs also dropped because we were storing fewer interim datasets." Figures: Storage Costs Before: $3,000 monthly. Storage Costs After: $1,800 monthly. Savings: $1,200 per month, a 40% reduction.