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   Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 14-May-2026 04:02:58 JST Nathan Schneider

   • ethanz

   Would things like Open Router, Ollama, Duck.ai, etc. count as middleware for AI? cc: @ethanz

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     ethanz (ethanz@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 14-May-2026 05:39:06 JST ethanz

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     @ntnsndr Absolutely. Duck.ai sounds like it meets the characteristics of a loyal client as well - I don't know the others as well.

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 14-May-2026 05:49:38 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • ethanz

     @ethanz Yeah, in different ways, and with some caveats, I think they are. At least in developer ecosystems, I think there's some really interesting loyalty dynamics at play in this industry.