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Everyone is building LLM routers, we deprecated ours

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first seen Jul 31, 2026 · last seen Aug 5, 2026 · published Jul 31, 2026

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2026-08-01
Manifest shipped an LLM router, then killed it. Routing added latency and complexity. The win—saving $0.02/call by picking a cheaper model—didn't justify maintaining the logic. Sometimes the right architecture is just calling the good model.