AI Models Change. Your App Must Too.
In a demo, you control the exact model version, prompt, and environment. Production AI lives in the wild. API providers update models, tweak behaviors, or even retire endpoints without warning.
If your app isn’t designed to handle these changes gracefully, it can break silently or cause unexpected results:
- Build version checks and feature flags for models.
- Monitor output quality and behavior over time.
- Keep your prompts and integrations flexible for quick updates.
- Have rollback plans ready for new model deployments.
Accept that model drift and API evolution are constants. Accept that providers will update their models. Your AI app’s resilience depends on embracing change, not pretending it won’t happen. If you project can’t handle model changes, then it can’t handle production.
