A TinyCTO.tv Hype Stack technical parable about gateway sprawl, layering, latency and ownership. Consolidate capabilities and ownership before adding another abstraction layer.
# Episode 171 — The Inference Gateway Added Three Gateways — Script
## Concept gateway sprawl;layering;latency and ownership
## Hype promise A shared AI platform will make inference fast, observable, and economically predictable.
## System reality A new inference gateway is added to unify three existing gateways, each with different auth, routing, and policy behavior.
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