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Malek SALIM
Malek SALIM

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From AI demo to product: the API workflow changes

Building an AI demo is usually fast.

You pick a model, send a few requests, tune the prompt, and test the output.

But turning that demo into a real product introduces a different set of problems.

Developers and teams need to think about:

  • How to compare model options
  • How to keep usage visible
  • Where integration docs should live
  • How to manage API workflows across projects
  • How to keep dashboard workflows simple

This part of AI development often gets less attention than model quality, but it matters once a product grows.

ChinaRouter was created around this problem.

It is a unified AI API gateway and admin dashboard designed to help developers manage model marketplace access, API gateway workflows, usage lookup, and integration documentation from one cleaner entry point.

Website: https://chinarouter.net/

When did your AI API workflow start feeling hard to manage?


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