Why I Stopped Self-Hosting AI Models (And You Probably Should Too)
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I spent three months and roughly $500 on GPU hardware to self-host my own LLM. Then I pulled the plug and switched to a $1 API. Let me tell you why. It started innocently enough. I was building a side project — an AI-powered code review bot — and I didn't want to pay for every API call. I'd read al…
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- 2026-08-30 00:55 · DEV Community — AI
Why I Stopped Self-Hosting AI Models (And You Probably Should Too)