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  Building applications powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) introduces a unique latency problem. Standard REST APIs wait for the entire response payload to be generated before transmitting it to the client. When an LLM takes upwards of 30 seconds to generate a complex, multi-paragraph completion, the resulting user experience degrades rapidly. UIs freeze, users abandon the page, and load balancers frequently trigger 504 Gateway Timeouts. To solve this, modern applications must stream AI response REST API payloads dynamically. By transmitting tokens to the client the moment they are generated, perceived latency drops from tens of seconds to milliseconds. Understanding the Root Cause: Buffering vs. Streaming Traditional HTTP request/response cycles rely on server-side buffering. When a client sends a  POST  request, the server allocates memory, processes the request, builds the complete JSON response object, and calculates the  Content-Length  header before se...