I Deleted the Button — Migrating Flutter AI Features from UI-Triggered to Hourly Cron Batch

I Deleted the Button — Migrating Flutter AI Features from UI-Triggered to Hourly Cron Batch Introduction I removed the "Run AI Prediction" button from my app. That sounds like a step backward — but it was actually one of the best architectural decisions I made this week. By moving AI inference from UI-triggered calls to an automated hourly cron job (GitHub Actions), I eliminated all user wait times, cut API quota waste by ~90%, and added a circuit breaker to prevent cascading 429 failures across