AI Chat - A Simple OpenAI Chat Completions API, UI & Client LLM Gateway
Unlock the value of OpenAI Chat APIs using a simple, serializable ChatCompletion DTO that works everywhere
This episode introduces AI Chat, a new solution designed to simplify the integration of AI into applications
by focusing entirely on the OpenAI Chat Completion API. This approach prioritizes a simple, serializable
ChatCompletion Data Transfer Object (DTO) which acts as the core abstraction, contrasting sharply
with overly complex frameworks like Microsoft Semantic Kernel.
It's argues that heavyweight, non-portable abstractions quickly become irrelevant as AI models advance,
leading to vendor lock-in and required rewrites. By centering the design around the ChatCompletion DTO,
ServiceStack.AI.Chat offers advantages like easy data persistence, client-side usability, and
simplified debugging, while also supporting multi-modal content like images and audio.
The solution includes robust model routing and failover capabilities configured via a simple llms.json file,
and is compatible with its Python counterpart, llms.py.