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Why I Stopped Self-Hosting AI Models (And You Probably Should Too)

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I spent three months and roughly $500 trying to make self-hosted LLMs work. I was the guy in every thread arguing that "real developers" shouldn't rely on external APIs. I bought the GPU, I wrote the deployment scripts, I even named my server. And then I deleted it all. This is the story of why I s…

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  1. 2026-08-23 00:56 · DEV Community — AI
    Why I Stopped Self-Hosting AI Models (And You Probably Should Too)

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