OpenAI and Anthropic hide more data server-side, making abstraction layers brittle
math_rachel · x · 2026-08-19
Rachel Thomas notes OpenAI and Anthropic increasingly hide data server-side (encrypted compaction, reasoning tokens). Anyone building an abstraction layer on top must either expose provider-specific details, reimplement brittle compatibility logic, or accept they can't represent the underlying system.
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