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Today, any developer can tap 70B-parameter models without a credit card — and the market is racing to give it away.","https:\u002F\u002Fmfgiomkkbihnlpfdxwrt.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fblog-assets\u002Fmedia\u002Ffeatured\u002F1777260905078-featured-l21dms.webp",false,"368ff16b-91f6-49ac-bf06-be4ea9affffd","2026-04-27T03:35:52.988084+00:00",13,0,{"name":50,"avatar":9},"Genildo Souza",{"slug":19,"name":20,"color":21},[53,56,59],{"slug":54,"name":55},"llm","LLM",{"slug":57,"name":58},"ai","AI",{"slug":60,"name":61},"open-source","Open Source",{"type":63,"content":64},"doc",[65,86,88,95,131,143,144,150,175,191,192,198,205,259,317,328,329,335,364,411,427,428,434,464,505,521,522,528,538,554,576,592,620,636,637,643,1130,1131,1137,1149,1175,1209,1254,1272,1779,1780,1786,1803,1809,1818,1830,1852,1860,1866,1884,1892,1964,1975,1982,1988,2226,2232,2307,2308,2314,2326,2350],{"type":66,"attrs":67,"content":69},"paragraph",{"id":68},"p_q43jjw4v",[70,73,78,80,84],{"text":71,"type":72},"The barrier to accessing frontier AI has ","text",{"text":74,"type":72,"marks":75},"dropped to zero",[76],{"type":77},"bold",{"text":79,"type":72}," in 2026. Open-weight models like DeepSeek R1, Llama 4, and Qwen 3 now rival — and in many tasks surpass — GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and they can be accessed for free through providers like OpenRouter, Groq, Cerebras, and Google AI Studio. The practical consequence is direct: ",{"text":81,"type":72,"marks":82},"a developer anywhere in the world can, in under five minutes and without a credit card, activate a key that delivers 1 million tokens per day on 70B+ parameter models",[83],{"type":77},{"text":85,"type":72},". Token prices have plummeted 50–80% in the last twelve months, the open-model catalog has exploded, and the only hard decision today is which provider to try first. 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The lab (Meta, DeepSeek) publishes the weights; the provider (Groq, Cerebras, Together, Fireworks) buys GPUs or builds proprietary hardware, loads the model into memory, and exposes an HTTP endpoint that accepts requests in the ",{"text":157,"type":72,"marks":158},"OpenAI Chat Completions API",[159],{"type":77},{"text":161,"type":72}," format — which has become the de facto \"HTTP of generative AI.\" Switching providers typically means changing just two lines: the ",{"text":163,"type":72,"marks":164},"base_url",[165],{"type":166},"code",{"text":168,"type":72}," and the ",{"text":170,"type":72,"marks":171},"api_key",[172],{"type":166},{"text":174,"type":72},".",{"type":66,"attrs":176,"content":178},{"id":177},"p_c4ii32qh",[179,183,185,189],{"text":180,"type":72,"marks":181},"Aggregators",[182],{"type":77},{"text":184,"type":72}," go one step further: OpenRouter, for example, doesn't run its own models but routes each request to the most suitable provider (cheapest, fastest, or currently online). 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Depositing a one-time $10 (credits never expire) raises the ceiling to ",{"text":272,"type":72,"marks":273},"1,000 requests\u002Fday",[274],{"type":77},{"text":276,"type":72}," on ",{"text":228,"type":72,"marks":278},[279],{"type":166},{"text":281,"type":72}," models — the best cost-effectiveness in the market for serious experimentation. Signup requires only Google or GitHub; no card needed for free models. Dynamic suffixes allow routing control: ",{"text":283,"type":72,"marks":284},":nitro",[285],{"type":166},{"text":287,"type":72}," prioritizes throughput, ",{"text":289,"type":72,"marks":290},":floor",[291],{"type":166},{"text":293,"type":72}," prioritizes price, ",{"text":295,"type":72,"marks":296},":thinking",[297],{"type":166},{"text":299,"type":72}," enables reasoning mode. 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style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">from\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\"> openai \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">import\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\"> OpenAI\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">load_dotenv()\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">client \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">=\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\"> OpenAI(\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#E36209;--shiki-dark:#FFAB70\">    base_url\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">=\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">https:\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">\u002F\u002F\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">api.groq.com\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">\u002F\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">openai\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">\u002F\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">v1\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">,\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#E36209;--shiki-dark:#FFAB70\">    api_key\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">=\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">os.environ[\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#005CC5;--shiki-dark:#79B8FF\">GROQ_API_KEY\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">],\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">response \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">=\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\"> client.chat.completions.create(\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#E36209;--shiki-dark:#FFAB70\">    model\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">=\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">llama\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">-\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#005CC5;--shiki-dark:#79B8FF\">3.3\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">-\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#B31D28;--shiki-light-font-style:italic;--shiki-dark:#FDAEB7;--shiki-dark-font-style:italic\">70b\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">-\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">versatile\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">,\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#E36209;--shiki-dark:#FFAB70\">    messages\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">=\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">[{\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">role\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">: \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">user\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">content\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">: \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">Explain what an \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#005CC5;--shiki-dark:#79B8FF\">LLM\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\"> is\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\"> in\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#005CC5;--shiki-dark:#79B8FF\"> 3\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\"> sentences.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">}],\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#005CC5;--shiki-dark:#79B8FF\">print\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">(response.choices[\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#005CC5;--shiki-dark:#79B8FF\">0\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">].message.content)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>",[1890],{"text":1891,"type":72},"import os\nfrom dotenv import load_dotenv\nfrom openai import OpenAI\n\nload_dotenv()\nclient = OpenAI(\n    base_url=\"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.groq.com\u002Fopenai\u002Fv1\",\n    api_key=os.environ[\"GROQ_API_KEY\"],\n)\nresponse = client.chat.completions.create(\n    model=\"llama-3.3-70b-versatile\",\n    messages=[{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"Explain what an LLM is in 3 sentences.\"}],\n)\nprint(response.choices[0].message.content)\n",{"type":66,"attrs":1893,"content":1895},{"id":1894},"p_1lrwyiui",[1896,1898,1902,1904,1907,1908,1911,1913,1917,1918,1921,1923,1927,1929,1933,1935,1939,1941,1945,1946,1950,1952,1956,1958,1962],{"text":1897,"type":72},"The response comes back in under half a second — an immediately impressive experience. To try ",{"text":1899,"type":72,"marks":1900},"DeepSeek R1 for free",[1901],{"type":77},{"text":1903,"type":72},", switch to OpenRouter by changing ",{"text":163,"type":72,"marks":1905},[1906],{"type":166},{"text":1845,"type":72},{"text":218,"type":72,"marks":1909},[1910],{"type":166},{"text":1912,"type":72}," and ",{"text":1914,"type":72,"marks":1915},"model",[1916],{"type":166},{"text":1845,"type":72},{"text":238,"type":72,"marks":1919},[1920],{"type":166},{"text":1922,"type":72},". The same OpenAI client works for ",{"text":1924,"type":72,"marks":1925},"all compatible providers",[1926],{"type":77},{"text":1928,"type":72},": Cerebras (",{"text":1930,"type":72,"marks":1931},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.cerebras.ai\u002Fv1",[1932],{"type":166},{"text":1934,"type":72},", model ",{"text":1936,"type":72,"marks":1937},"llama-3.3-70b",[1938],{"type":166},{"text":1940,"type":72},"), Gemini (",{"text":1942,"type":72,"marks":1943},"https:\u002F\u002Fgenerativelanguage.googleapis.com\u002Fv1beta\u002Fopenai\u002F",[1944],{"type":166},{"text":1934,"type":72},{"text":1947,"type":72,"marks":1948},"gemini-2.5-flash",[1949],{"type":166},{"text":1951,"type":72},"), Mistral (",{"text":1953,"type":72,"marks":1954},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.mistral.ai\u002Fv1",[1955],{"type":166},{"text":1957,"type":72},"), Hugging Face (",{"text":1959,"type":72,"marks":1960},"https:\u002F\u002Frouter.huggingface.co\u002Fv1",[1961],{"type":166},{"text":1963,"type":72},").",{"type":66,"attrs":1965,"content":1967},{"id":1966},"p_763xyue0",[1968,1970,1973],{"text":1969,"type":72},"For ",{"text":559,"type":72,"marks":1971},[1972],{"type":77},{"text":1974,"type":72},", the most idiomatic approach uses the native SDK:",{"type":1810,"attrs":1976,"content":1979},{"id":1977,"language":1887,"highlighted":1978},"code_sqcut22p","\u003Cpre class=\"shiki shiki-themes github-light github-dark\" style=\"--shiki-light:#24292e;--shiki-dark:#e1e4e8;--shiki-light-bg:#fff;--shiki-dark-bg:#24292e\" tabindex=\"0\">\u003Ccode>\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">import\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\"> os, google.generativeai \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">as\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\"> genai\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">from\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\"> dotenv \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">import\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\"> load_dotenv\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">load_dotenv()\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">genai.configure(\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#E36209;--shiki-dark:#FFAB70\">api_key\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">=\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">os.environ[\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#005CC5;--shiki-dark:#79B8FF\">GEMINI_API_KEY\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">])\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">model \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">=\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\"> genai.GenerativeModel(\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">gemini\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">-\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#005CC5;--shiki-dark:#79B8FF\">2.5\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\">-\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">flash\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#005CC5;--shiki-dark:#79B8FF\">print\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">(model.generate_content(\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">Explain what an \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#005CC5;--shiki-dark:#79B8FF\">LLM\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\"> is\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#D73A49;--shiki-dark:#F97583\"> in\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#005CC5;--shiki-dark:#79B8FF\"> 3\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\"> sentences.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#032F62;--shiki-dark:#9ECBFF\">\"\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8\">).text)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>",[1980],{"text":1981,"type":72},"import os, google.generativeai as genai\nfrom dotenv import load_dotenv\nload_dotenv()\ngenai.configure(api_key=os.environ[\"GEMINI_API_KEY\"])\nmodel = genai.GenerativeModel(\"gemini-2.5-flash\")\nprint(model.generate_content(\"Explain what an LLM is in 3 sentences.\").text)\n",{"type":89,"attrs":1983,"content":1985},{"id":1984,"level":201},"h_wq8lz8zv",[1986],{"text":1987,"type":72},"Provider Selection Guide",{"type":644,"attrs":1989,"content":1991},{"id":1990},"tbl_u8dagnlg",[1992,2021,2049,2082,2111,2139,2167,2197],{"type":649,"content":1993},[1994,2003,2012],{"type":652,"attrs":1995,"content":1996},{"align":9,"colspan":654,"rowspan":654,"colwidth":9},[1997],{"type":66,"attrs":1998,"content":2000},{"id":1999},"p_083bu2pd",[2001],{"text":2002,"type":72},"Use Case",{"type":652,"attrs":2004,"content":2005},{"align":9,"colspan":654,"rowspan":654,"colwidth":9},[2006],{"type":66,"attrs":2007,"content":2009},{"id":2008},"p_h05sfuyw",[2010],{"text":2011,"type":72},"Best 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