AI, web, mobile, and what it actually costs to ship them. Written by Max Sheikhizadeh, founder of DevX Group LLC.
Real numbers for running LLMs locally in 2026: which models to pick, tokens per second on Apple Silicon and iPhone, quantization tradeoffs, and the runtime stack we ship in production.
Caching finally fixed, auth lessons from a 9.1 CVE, what Vercel actually costs after Fluid Compute, and the projects where we steer clients away from Next.js entirely.
A simple app runs $25k to $60k, medium complexity $60k to $200k. The 2026 cost table for native iOS, Flutter, and web apps, with timelines, store fees, and an honest decision framework.