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What I Could and Couldn't Verify Self-Hosting Open Models: Colab, RunPod, and an API Direction for Final Reviews

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Summary I started from a Qwen Gradio app that runs in Google Colab, then rented GPUs on RunPod to connect open-weight models to Open WebUI. That happened in three phases: Phase 1 (2026-10-09): a small Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct model returned one reply through Open WebUI. Phase 2 (2026-10-15): Qwen3.8-2…

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  1. 2026-10-17 10:39 · DEV Community — AI
    What I Could and Couldn't Verify Self-Hosting Open Models: Colab, RunPod, and an API Direction for Final Reviews

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