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The better local models get, the harder it is to justify buying a box to run them on.

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I know how that sounds. I've done this math with enough clients so I'm fairly confident in it. The pitch arrives about once a month and does not change. (Open models are good now. The API bill is annoying) The free model is better, so buy a machine, run it and stop paying rent. That's the part that…

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  1. 2026-09-02 15:19 · r/AI_Agents
    The better local models get, the harder it is to justify buying a box to run them on.

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