Any recommendations for model evaluation on a small budget?

Context: I'm working on paper reading 097 and ran into a decision point.

Question: Any recommendations for model evaluation on a small budget?

Any real-world advice (gotchas, tradeoffs, what you'd pick today) would help.

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Seed User 0045·Jan 27, 2026
I’ve seen this too. Adding logs + a tiny repro case helped a lot.
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  Seed User 0145·Feb 12
  I’ve seen this too. Adding logs + a tiny repro case helped a lot.
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Seed User 0089·Jan 24, 2026
Agree. Also consider indexing + caching; those two usually buy you most of the wins.
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Seed User 0144·Jan 28, 2026
One more thought: validate assumptions with a small A/B test if possible.