Cost & Economics9 min read
My 90-minute sleep documentaries cost under $1
A 15,000-word Claude script runs about $0.30 on my own key. The section-by-section workflow, the CapCut assembly, and how a YouTube video stays under $1.
Tagged API Pricing
What model providers actually charge, how per-token and per-image pricing turns into a real cost per video, and how that compares with a monthly subscription once volume is taken into account.
2 guides. Tags cut across the three sections, so an archive will often mix them.
Cost & Economics1 min read
What "own your stack" actually means
Owning your content stack means holding the API keys, the prompts, and the logic yourself, so no vendor can price you out or shut you down.
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