Building Soreal AI: Why We Created a Developer-First Image Generation Platform You know that moment when you're building a side project and realize you need good images but can't afford a designer? Or when you're working on a client project and they want "something that looks professional" but the budget is tight? That's exactly where I found myself about a year ago. I was knee-deep in building what I thought would be a simple web app. But every mockup looked terrible without decent visuals. The existing AI image tools felt clunky, expensive, or just not built for developers who needed reliable, programmatic access. So we built Soreal. Not another AI image generator, but a platform designed specifically for developers and businesses who need high-quality images at scale. The Problem We Actually Solved Most AI image tools are built for consumers. You go to a website, type a prompt, wait, download an image. That's fine if you need one image for your blog post. But what if you're building an app that generates product mockups? Or a marketing platform that creates social media content? What if you need 100 images, not one? We realized developers needed something different. An API that just works. Predictable pricing. Reliable uptime. And most importantly, images that actually look professional. Technical Decisions That Mattered We built Soreal AI on Next.js 14 with TypeScript and Supabase, nothing flashy, but we needed something that could scale quickly and handle...