Construction cost blowouts are a visibility problem, not a data problem. Most mid-tier builders are drowning in information — spread across PDFs, emails, and spreadsheets — but starved of insight when it matters. This piece explores how connecting commercial, programme, and site workflows in one platform changes the forecasting game entirely.

🔗 Read more → https://www.linkedin.com/posts/deepspaceai_construction-cost-blowouts-how-to-manage-activity-7464461488326328320-XRCv

#Construction #CostControl #ConstructionTech #PropTech #MidTierBuilders #ProjectManagement #ANZConstruction

You are probably paying for things you forgot about.

Unused tools. Unreviewed shipping rates. Poor-return ad spend.
They quietly drain profit every month.
An Expense Reduction Report finds them fast.
Cut what does not serve you. Protect what does.
More profit without more sales. Save this now.

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LLMCap - A proxy that hard-stops LLM API calls when you hit a dollar cap

https://www.llmcap.io/

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AI costs are easy to lose track of when every team uses separate tools. Remova brings cost controls into one platform so companies can expand AI usage with clearer oversight.

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Proprietary protocols are a security risk.

Proprietary protocols necessitate vendor lock-in.

When you commit your design to proprietary protocols, you lose the freedom to shop for lower cost products.

You’re stuck with the vendor’s availability and deliverability schedule.

If another vendor comes to market with a desirable feature, you can’t buy their product or use that feature until your proprietary protocol vendor includes it in their product – which may be a long time, if the feature is protected by a patent.

You’re stuck with the vendor’s schedule for firmware updates and CVE patches.

RECOMMENDATION
Your risk analysis should include an inventory of hardware, software, AND protocols.
Recommend the redesign of any system with proprietary protocols.
In the short term, before redesign is complete, update your Incident Response plan, growth plan, and spares inventory to minimize crises.

CEOs: Ask your CISO, CIO, or systems architect, “Do we rely on any proprietary protocols?” And if they don’t immediately know the answer, it’s time to find out.

#CallMeIfYouNeedMe #FIFONetworks

#cybersecurity #CostControl #resilience

Thách thức với LLM trong production: Làm sao để kiểm soát chi phí đột biến mà không làm ảnh hưởng trải nghiệm người dùng (UX)? Giới hạn mềm thì dễ vượt chi phí, còn giới hạn cứng lại rủi ro cho sản phẩm. Đây là một bài toán nan giải.

#LLM #CostControl #SaaS #Tech #AI #CôngNghệ #KiểmSoátChiPhí

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1pyxin8/how_do_you_bound_worstcase_llm_cost_during/

Take back cost control with an on-premises cloud solution for data archiving and online backup:
IBM Deep Archive Multi-library on Diamondback - makes it possible! ... and it's cool.
➡️ https://www.ibm.com/products/deep-archive
Store up to 123PB in a single namespace, while improving bandwidth and threading for faster operations.

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The question we all need to ask Congress about the ACA subsidies:

Can't we agree to do BOTH? Fund the immediate premium stability while working on a real, long-term plan to reign in costs? 🗓️

The political fight over "Fund vs. Fix" is unacceptable when millions face a healthcare price spike. Stability now, cost control next. It's time to choose people over posturing.

#FundAndFix #ACA #HealthCare #CostControl #CongressFail 🚨