Different people have different requirements. I use my local model for coding regularly. It doesn't help the conversation that things like quant, config, harness, and even prompting are equally as important to your outcomes as the choice of model.
I pay $200/month and I generate 10000000x more value of it than that. As you're saying, the actual barrier isn't just the model, it is the set up. As long as the walls are too high, $200 is going to dominate.
The internet was great before AOL, but the simplification is what brought the masses to it.
I pay $200/month and I generate 10000000x more value of it than that. As you're saying, the actual barrier isn't just the model, it is the set up. As long as the walls are too high, $200 is going to dominate.
The internet was great before AOL, but the simplification is what brought the masses to it.