The Free Server Is the Fragile Part: A Runtime Readiness Checklist for Hosted AI Prototypes
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Your free-tier prototype does not fail at the model call. It fails at 3 a.m., when the instance has been recycled, the write you thought was durable is gone, and nobody wrote down what "working" was supposed to mean. So write it down. Below is a runtime-readiness checklist you can copy into a repo:…
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- 2026-10-20 09:55 · DEV Community — AI
The Free Server Is the Fragile Part: A Runtime Readiness Checklist for Hosted AI Prototypes