When GPT-5 dropped, OpenAI killed off a bunch of older APIs without
much warning.A whole lot of apps face-planted overnight.If your app
hard-codes itself to one provider, one API shape, or one model,
this is the nightmare scenario.This is also different from losing a
service because most AI applications are not just the AI but also
stacks of prompts, training, and other customizations on top.Remove
or modify the primary AI service and the Jenga tower