This is a breakdown of a decision I made building LogicVisor, not a general "streaming vs JSON" guide. AI API responses aren't limited to text: some return images, audio, structured data. I only needed text, so streaming vs JSON became a real fork in the road.
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/david_essien/streaming-vs-json-trade-offs-in-ai-powered-apps-4oac)