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The $2,000 Inference Server: Standing Up Local AI on Ten-Year-Old Hardware

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I run a local inference server that handles thousands of agent requests a day. It cost about $2,000 in used parts, and the newest silicon in it taped out around 2016. This series is the story of standing it up, and more honestly, the story of how much of what I "knew" about it turned out to be wron…

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  1. 2026-09-08 18:06 · DEV Community — AI
    The $2,000 Inference Server: Standing Up Local AI on Ten-Year-Old Hardware

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