Fable cuts API costs 60% by converting code to images for OCR
Hacker News·1w·dimitropoulos
A developer reduced Fable's vision model API costs by converting source code to images and having the model read them via OCR instead of using traditional text APIs. The approach trades compute for vision model costs—a meaningful optimization for anyone running LLM-heavy workflows where token pricing stacks up fast.
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