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I Stopped Paying for Colab Pro and Run LLMs on My Own GPU Now — My $480/Year Setup Costs $0

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Last year I spent $480 on Colab Pro because I believed the marketing: you need cloud GPUs to run serious models. Then I actually read the specs of the RTX 3060 12GB sitting in my desktop and felt stupid. I cancelled Colab Pro, moved everything local, and after 8 months I'm not going back. Here's th…

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  1. 2026-09-13 06:47 · DEV Community — AI
    I Stopped Paying for Colab Pro and Run LLMs on My Own GPU Now — My $480/Year Setup Costs $0

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