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Stop Debating Free vs. Self-Hosted AI: Score Your Constraints Instead

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The AI debate I keep seeing this week isn't about which model is smartest. It's about infrastructure: free tokens, paid APIs, self-hosted models. Everyone has an opinion. Almost nobody has a method. Here's my conclusion up front: the choice is never "free is better" or "self-hosted is better." It's…

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  1. 2026-09-04 11:56 · DEV Community — AI
    Stop Debating Free vs. Self-Hosted AI: Score Your Constraints Instead

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