Most AI image generators look like a prompt box with a Generate button. That is also how my first version started.
But once real users entered the workflow, the difficult problems appeared somewhere else: browser refreshes, external task IDs, reference images, partial failures, credit refunds, private assets, and public artwork moderation.
While building Magggic, I learned that an AI image generator is less like a form submission and more like a small distributed job system. This article covers the decisions that made that workflow more reliable.
The code samples below are intentionally simplified. The important part is the shape of the workflow, not a specific database or image provider.
The prompt box is only the beginning
