I find it interesting just how different the responses to this new tech are.
I wonder if there is an inverse correlation between "usage of local models" and "despair", or if I am just making that up.
It would make sense, I suppose, given that local models still come with quite the upfront cost. So a lot of people are experiencing LLMs purely through the user-hostile cloud.
the technology isnt the problem at all. it's just being used as an thin pretext to devalue and treat devs like shit by the followers of a new executive religion.