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React, Node.js and React Native Developer

Vikas

Vikas builds web and mobile products with React, Node.js and React Native, often sharing one backend across both. Vikas writes about choosing between web and mobile, and making the two work together.

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Chart of a self-hosted LLM server bill of about US$384 a month crossing an API bill of US$0.0003 a request at about 42,700 requests a day
AI Engineering & ArchitectureRead Now
Vikas
Vikas
Nov 4, 2026
9 min

Self-Hosted LLM: When Does Running Your Own Model Beat an API?

A self-hosted LLM keeps prompts on servers you control. See what it costs against an API, the hardware it needs and when the hosted model still wins.

A visitor's request for a React todo component passes three layers, a prompt rule, an output guard and a spend ceiling, and the chatbot replies that it does not write code
Custom Software DevelopmentRead Now
Vikas
Vikas
Oct 23, 2026
11 min

What LLM Guardrails Stop Your Support Chatbot Writing Code for Strangers?

LLM guardrails in three layers: a prompt rule, an output guard in code and a spend ceiling. Why each fails alone, and six tests to run on your chatbot.

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