Your Free-Model Reviewer Isn't Getting Slower — Your Laptop Is
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Your review loop was fast at 9am. At 2am, the same loop takes four minutes. Everyone blames the model tier. Sometimes the model really is slower. Most of the time, though, your local machine is the bottleneck. I have seen this pattern repeat across review agents, canary checks, and formatting passe…
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- 2026-08-31 19:43 · DEV Community — AI
Your Free-Model Reviewer Isn't Getting Slower — Your Laptop Is