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May 26, 2026 verifiable IR costverifiable code IR verifiable context layer

$13.30 to Compile 1,000 Files Into a Verifiable IR, Once

The objection to compiling a codebase into a verifiable IR is always cost. It sounds like Opus pricing across every file. It isn't. At open-source-model rates it runs about $13.30 per 1,000 files, you pay it once, and per-file diffing means you only ever re-pay for what changed. Here is the real economics of the verifiable context layer, and why the expensive thing is not building the IR but living without one.

May 12, 2026 LLM benchmarkscode analysisDeepSeek V4

We Benchmarked 14 LLMs for Code Analysis. The Cheapest One That Works Costs 56× Less Than Claude Opus.

A real cost-vs-accuracy benchmark of DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi, Qwen, Sonnet, Opus, and GPT-5 for indexing codebases. Why per-file LLM analysis isn't actually expensive if you pick the right model.

Mar 31, 2026 API coststoken pricingmulti-turn cost

The Cost Curve: How Context Length Affects Your API Bill (With Formulas)

A 20-turn conversation costs quadratically more than you'd expect. Here are the exact formulas for multi-turn conversation costs across providers.