Building an AI-powered SaaS platform taught me something I underestimated at the beginning:
The hard part is not calling an LLM.
The hard part is making AI work inside a real business environment.
At first, everything looks manageable.
You think:
Building an AI-powered SaaS platform taught me something I underestimated at the beginning: The hard...
API keys, SSO, billing, AI calls richiedono architetture: multi-tenant identity governance, cost tracking, enforcement commerciale. Per platform enterprise, ogni layer è critico; Stripe, K8s, OIDC insufficienti senza ripensamento di governance e observability.
Building an AI-powered SaaS platform taught me something I underestimated at the beginning:
The hard part is not calling an LLM.
The hard part is making AI work inside a real business environment.
At first, everything looks manageable.
You think:

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