Free model access solves the cost problem and creates a latency problem, and most teams measure the wrong number. My position is direct: the p95 of your time-to-first-token determines whether users perceive your product as fast, and a single afternoon of measurement will tell you more than any b...
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/gitgo_1900/the-slow-lane-latency-engineering-when-your-ai-endpoint-is-free-1kd6)