Frontend Architecture for AI-Native Products

AI products live or die by latency perception. Streaming responses, optimistic placeholders, and graceful retries are not nice-to-haves — they are the product.

Streaming is the baseline Server-Sent Events or Web Streams are now boring tech. Use them.

Make retries first-class A retry button that preserves context is a feature, not a bug. Treat it as such in your UI.

Trace surfaces Power users love a collapsible panel that shows what the agent did. It builds trust and helps you debug in production.