@Alacritic_Super: Building an AI app? Cut down your API costs and speed up response times with an LLM Cache built in Rust! Every time a u…
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This article introduces an LLM cache built in Rust to reduce API costs and speed up response times by reusing previous answers through exact and semantic matching.
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Building an AI app? Cut down your API costs and speed up response times with an LLM Cache built in Rust!
Every time a user asks your AI a question, it can cost you money and take a few seconds to load. Why pay twice for the same answer?
An LLM cache saves previous answers so you can reuse them instantly!
Here is how a simple cache works in Rust:
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Exact Match: If the prompt is identical, pull the answer instantly from memory.
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Smart Match (Semantic): If the prompt means the same thing (e.g., “Hi” vs “Hello”), use a similarity score to find the right answer.
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