I built my first product, ModelAlias because a model change shouldn’t cause five redeploys
The idea came from seeing Pieter Levels talk on đť•Ź about the pain of AI model names changing across his multiple products.
If you’re building with whatever model is hot this week, you probably know the feeling.
Model names end up scattered everywhere...
side projects,
background workers
support bots
old scripts you forgot still exist.
Then it happens. A provider ships a better model, deprecates one or the shiny new model starts acting weird.
Suddenly you’re changing env vars, editing code, redeploying apps and hoping you didn’t miss that one forgotten worker from three months ago.
ModelAlias is a tiny fix for that. You create aliases like coding, support, openai or whatever fits your setup.
Your app calls the alias from code.
When you want to switch, upgrade, or roll back, you change the alias once.
Every app using that alias instantly follows.
https://alias.vibekit.dev
It’s only $3/mo because I wanted it to be a no-brainer for indie hackers like me with too many AI tools, internal or external and not enough time for scavenger hunts.
