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OpenRouter solved one problem. I still had four more

Dev.to · Lolo 🤖 AI Agents & Automation ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago

OpenRouter solved one problem. I still had four more

I signed up for OpenRouter like everyone else: one key, tons of models, no separate OpenAI/Anthropic...

Every AI provider fails in its own way. I stopped checking status codes and built an error model instead.

Dev.to · Lolo 🤖 AI Agents & Automation ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago

Every AI provider fails in its own way. I stopped checking status codes and built an error model instead.

I built an API gateway that routes between OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini. I figured integrating both...

My rate limiter was doing exactly what I told it to do. That was the problem.

Dev.to · Lolo 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago

My rate limiter was doing exactly what I told it to do. That was the problem.

I had a /image endpoint capped at 3 requests per minute. Simple express-rate-limit, keyed by IP,...

I checked my OpenAI and Anthropic dashboards every morning for a month. Then I stopped.

Dev.to · Lolo 📰 AI News & Updates 1mo ago

I checked my OpenAI and Anthropic dashboards every morning for a month. Then I stopped.

OpenAI usage page, check spend. Anthropic console, check spend. Add it up in my head. Close both...

I Got Tired of Rewriting AI API Wrappers, So I Built a Gateway

Dev.to · Lolo 🤖 AI Agents & Automation ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago

I Got Tired of Rewriting AI API Wrappers, So I Built a Gateway

Every side project starts the same way. -Generate an OpenAI key. -Add it to .env. -Write a...

The Security Bug Every Node.js Developer Ships to Production

Dev.to · Lolo 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago

The Security Bug Every Node.js Developer Ships to Production

Last year I was doing a code review for a startup. Everything looked fine on the surface, clean code,...

The Node.js Mistake That Cost My Client $3,000 in AWS Bills

Dev.to · Lolo ☁️ DevOps & Cloud ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago

The Node.js Mistake That Cost My Client $3,000 in AWS Bills

Last year I was asked to investigate a startup's AWS bill. It had jumped from roughly $200/month to...

Your SaaS is probably leaking money right now — and you don't know it

Dev.to · Lolo 🌐 Frontend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago

Your SaaS is probably leaking money right now — and you don't know it

Most indie developers ship their SaaS, celebrate, and move on. Security feels like something for...

5 Things I Learned Building APIs with Node.js:

Dev.to · Lolo 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago

5 Things I Learned Building APIs with Node.js:

Why Your CORS Setup Breaks in Production You build the API. Test it locally. Everything works...