do you even need a vector DB here

[sanevault]

Thanks, that helps. The pattern around token cost has been pretty similar for me. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looked at whether the workflow felt usable.

[batchyard]

My first guess would be this: Before rebuilding anything, I'd test one clean baseline with Mixtral and compare from there. Not glamorous advice, but repeatable baselines save a lot of time.

[cozykite]

Maybe, but I had the opposite result. I get why that seems right, but on GB200 the bottleneck felt elsewhere. Worth testing the simpler explanation before adopting the more interesting one.