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I Replaced Every Cloud AI Tool with Local Models — 6 Months Later, Here's What Actually Broke

Dev.to · Sam Hartley 2w ago

I Replaced Every Cloud AI Tool with Local Models — 6 Months Later, Here's What Actually Broke

Six months ago I decided to see if I could stop paying for AI APIs entirely. Not "reduce costs." Not...

I Built a Model Router That Picks the Right AI for Every Task — Here's Why You Should Too

Dev.to · Sam Hartley 4w ago

I Built a Model Router That Picks the Right AI for Every Task — Here's Why You Should Too

I caught myself doing something stupid the other day. I used a 30B parameter model to summarize a...

My 3-Machine AI Lab: How I Divide Work Between a Mac Mini, a Windows PC, and an Ubuntu Box

Dev.to · Sam Hartley 1mo ago

My 3-Machine AI Lab: How I Divide Work Between a Mac Mini, a Windows PC, and an Ubuntu Box

I keep seeing posts about running AI on a single machine. "Just use Ollama on your laptop!" Sure,...

3 Months Running Everything Locally — What Broke, What Worked, What I'd Do Differently

Dev.to · Sam Hartley 1mo ago

3 Months Running Everything Locally — What Broke, What Worked, What I'd Do Differently

It's been about three months since I made the switch. No more ChatGPT Plus. No more Claude...

I Let AI Coding Agents Build My Side Projects for a Month — Here's My Honest Take

Dev.to · Sam Hartley 1mo ago

I Let AI Coding Agents Build My Side Projects for a Month — Here's My Honest Take

Last month I ran an experiment: instead of writing code myself, I delegated as much as possible to AI...