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Richard Piacentini

Project Lead: Richard Piacentini

Cheqs Global LTD

AI Research: Claude Sonnet 4.5

Suite Finalized: October 10, 2025

📝 Living Document - Updated until Rails 8.1 stable release

🚀 AI-Powered Documentation

Complete transparency on how this comprehensive documentation was created

Total Tokens
85.7M
Input, Output & Cache Combined
Total Cost
$167.71
Complete Documentation Suite
Time Saved
40+
Hours of Research & Writing
Documents Created
11
Professional HTML Pages

📊 Detailed Token Breakdown

Input Tokens

56,035

Output Tokens

79,635

Cache Creation

5.4M

Cache Read

80.1M

Model Used: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929)
Session Date: October 7-9, 2025

💰 Cost Comparison: AI vs Traditional Consulting

Metric Traditional Consulting AI-Assisted Documentation Savings
Research Time 20-30 hours 2 hours 93% faster
Writing & Formatting 15-20 hours 1 hour 95% faster
Estimated Rails Expert Cost $5,250 - $7,500 $1100 $4,350 - $6,600 saved
AI Processing Cost — $167.71 Minimal overhead
Total Project Cost $5,250 - $7,500 $1,067.71 80-86% reduction

*My traditional consulting fees are $200/hour, discounted for long-term engagements. Additional hours available for booking.

🎯 Value Delivered

For $1,067.71 total cost (including 4.5 hours of expert review at $200/hour), you receive:
12 professional documentation pages • 6 deep-dive technical analyses • Complete migration strategy • Risk assessments • Cost-benefit analysis • Executive summaries • GitHub Pages deployment

⏱️ Project Timeline

1

Research & Analysis (October 10, 2025)

Deep research into Rails 8.1 features, breaking changes, and migration strategies across official docs, GitHub commits, and community resources.

Tokens: ~40M (research-heavy with extensive caching)

2

Documentation Creation (October 10, 2025)

Generated 11 professional HTML documents with comprehensive analysis, feature breakdowns, and migration guides.

Tokens: ~30M (content generation and formatting)

3

Setup & Deployment (October 8-9, 2025)

Implemented Eleventy static site generator, created reusable templates, deployed to GitHub Pages, and refined content.

Tokens: ~15M (technical setup and iterations)

🔍 Quality Metrics

Sources Analyzed
15+
Official Rails docs, GitHub, blogs
Features Documented
6
In-depth technical analysis
Breaking Changes
20+
With migration strategies
Code Examples
50+
Ready-to-use implementations

✨ The AI Advantage

This documentation represents the perfect blend of AI efficiency and human expertise.
AI handled: Research, analysis, formatting, deployment
Human handled: Strategy, quality control, client customization
Result: Enterprise-grade documentation at a fraction of traditional costs

📈 ROI Summary

Investment: $495.77 (AI processing + 3 hours oversight)
Value: $5,250 - $7,500 (traditional consulting equivalent)
ROI: 958% - 1,412%
Delivery Time: 3 days vs 2-3 weeks traditional