Fire and Forget: Running Hundreds of Paid AI Jobs Without Wasting Money
While working on this project, I had to transcribe and edit hundreds of audio files — 145 at first, later almost 400 — using a paid AI service. Each file cost real money. The whole job took hours, sometimes even overnight. If you’ve ever started a long task where each step costs money, you know the worry. Three problems can happen, and I ran into all three before I learned how to prepare for them. ...