# The 100-Model Escape Hatch: How One Developer Built the Tool AI Developers Actually Need

- slug: the-100-model-escape-hatch-how-one-developer-built-the-tool-ai-developers-actually-need
- date: 2026-04-22
- category: Artificial Intelligence

jQuery. CPAN. pip. Simon Willison built llm, an open-source CLI that routes across 179 AI models via OpenRouter, letting developers switch vendors without rewriting code. Last week Copilot and Claude Code repricing turbulence was the stress test.

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