The difference between a struggling AI product and a profitable one often comes down to how well you wield the APIs powering it. As a solo founder, you don't have the luxury of a dedicated ML team or infrastructure engineers—you need to become a master of AI APIs yourself.
123456789101112import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk'; import OpenAI from 'openai'; interface AIResponse { content: string; provider: 'openai' | 'anthropic'; model: string; tokens: { input: number; output: number }; latencyMs: number; cost: number; }
123456789101112interface TaskClassification { complexity: 'simple' | 'moderate' | 'complex'; latencyRequirement: 'realtime' | 'standard' | 'batch'; tokenEstimate: number; requiresVision: boolean; } interface ModelConfig { provider: 'openai' | 'anthropic' | 'google'; model: string; maxTokens: number; costPer1kTokens: number;
123456789101112interface RetryConfig { maxRetries: number; baseDelayMs: number; maxDelayMs: number; retryableErrors: string[]; } const DEFAULT_CONFIG: RetryConfig = { maxRetries: 5, baseDelayMs: 1000, maxDelayMs: 32000, retryableErrors: ['rate_limit_exceeded', 'server_error', 'timeout', 'overloaded'],
123456789101112interface AIResponse { content: string; model: string; provider: string; tokens: { input: number; output: number }; latencyMs: number; cost: number; } interface ProviderConfig { name: string; client: any;
123456789101112type TaskComplexity = 'simple' | 'medium' | 'complex'; type BudgetMode = 'economy' | 'balanced' | 'quality'; interface ModelConfig { provider: 'openai' | 'anthropic'; model: string; costPer1kInput: number; costPer1kOutput: number; maxTokens: number; capabilities: string[]; }
123456789101112class CircuitBreaker { private failures: number = 0; private lastFailure: number = 0; private state: 'closed' | 'open' | 'half-open' = 'closed'; constructor( private threshold: number = 5, private resetTimeout: number = 60000 ) {} recordFailure(): void { this.failures++;