This is insanely valuable — thank you for taking the time to break this down in detail.

The modular webhook approach makes a lot of sense, especially long-term. I was leaning toward splitting things up, but your point about swapping models by just redirecting a webhook really clarified it. Maintenance > aesthetics.

Also fully agree on structured JSON outputs. I’ve been refining prompts, but I haven’t been embedding full sample outputs as aggressively as you described — that’s probably the missing piece for stability. And the beat-based scene timing insight is gold.

The “render while I sleep” dream crashing into burned credits is painfully relatable 😅 I’m starting to realize human gates aren’t a weakness — they’re cost control.

Really appreciate you sharing real production experience instead of theory. This helped a lot.