Your LLM Bill Is 45% Too High. Here's the One Prompt Trick That Fixes It

Most developers ship AI features without looking at the bill. Then the bill arrives, and it's five figures. Here's the part nobody tells you: up to 45% of your tokens are pure fluff. Filler words, restated questions, "As an AI assistant...", apologies, repeated context. You're paying Claude and GPT to be polite. That stops today. The politeness tax Every LLM response is padded with tokens that add zero value: "Certainly! I'd be happy to help you with that." "Based on the information you've provi