Gateway & Infrastructure

Routing, failover, streaming, caching and cost control: the engineering of putting one governed API in front of many providers.

2 articles

Why multi-model is the default now, not the exception
Gateway & Infrastructure2 mins read
Why multi-model is the default now, not the exception
For two years, betting on a single provider was defensible because one model was usually ahead. The frontier has flattened, prices move weekly, and the teams shipping fastest now treat the model as a configuration value. Here is what that changes about how you build.
Amara Okafor · July 28, 2026
One streaming format across every provider
Gateway & Infrastructure1 min read
One streaming format across every provider
First-token latency is what users perceive, so streaming isn't optional. But every provider streams differently, and a mid-stream failure surfaces to your app as a truncated response. Here is what normalising the stream at the gateway actually buys you.
Amara Okafor · June 23, 2026