Workshop Shows How to Keep a Model API Key Off the Client Side
A six-person workshop cohort demonstrates the risk of embedding a model API key in browser JavaScript, when a participant extracts it from devtools within seconds. The session teaches a pattern of placing a small server between client and model to enforce request size, shape, and concurrency limits. Participants measure latency and response behavior on free endpoints, then design against the observed numbers rather than assumed ones. Exercises include swapping a fake model for a real one by changing a single function, and testing that oversized or malformed requests are refused before any model call. The article notes that free-tier allowances and server terms can change and should be verified on the provider's site.
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