Applied AI·Local and self-hosted inference
you put the loaded model behind an OpenAI-shaped HTTP API with queueing and health checks, and your client code stops caring which engine is underneath.
Model server / serving
Also calledserving
Draft summary, pending review
Exposing a loaded model over an API with batching, queueing and health checks; the OpenAI-compatible API shape has become the de facto local standard, so client code ports across engines. Everything you know about running services applies from here.