https://dplabs.tech/tags/vendor-lock-in/ Recent content in Vendor-Lock-In on dplabs — Software Engineering & Technology Consultancy Hugo en-us Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://dplabs.tech/blog/ai-features-architecture/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://dplabs.tech/blog/ai-features-architecture/ <p>AI features are getting added to production systems quickly — often quickly enough that the usual architectural discipline gets skipped. The integration is direct: OpenAI SDK in the service, API calls scattered through business logic, prompts hardcoded in the calling code.</p> <p>This works for a proof of concept. At production scale, with real operational requirements, it creates a class of problems that are expensive to fix after the fact.</p> <h2 id="the-vendor-lock-in-problem">The Vendor Lock-in Problem</h2> <p>Directly using the OpenAI SDK, the Anthropic SDK, or any provider&rsquo;s client library throughout your codebase creates tight coupling to that provider&rsquo;s interface. When you want to:</p>