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The Cost Curve That Slashed My SEO Audits from Dimes to Pennies

One snarky comment exposed the waste in my $0.006-per-URL SEO auditor. The fix? A tiered 'cost curve' that routes tasks smartly, paying models only when regexes fail.

Diagram showing Tier 1 Python, Tier 2 Haiku, Tier 3 Sonnet routing in SEO audit cost curve

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Tiered 'cost curve' architecture cuts SEO audit costs 83% by using Python regexes first, models only for edges.
  • Repo splits MIT core from licensed premium—fork-proof trust with pro features like voice-matched rewrites.
  • This mirrors compiler optimizations: cheap passes prune 80%, saving heavy AI for what matters.
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