Using an open model feels surprisingly good
A software developer shares their positive experience moving from proprietary AI services like ChatGPT to hosting an open-source model on a personal endpoint. The author highlights the sense of ownership and freedom gained by managing their own infrastructure.
Why it matters
Reflects a growing trend among developers seeking data privacy and independence from centralized AI providers.
I've been using Claude and ChatGPT like the next guy for probably two years now. I've never been a huge "open software" nerd or anything like that. But just now, I got opencode working on my own inference endpoint and... it felt surprisingly good. It feels... freeing, somehow. I own the endpoint, and my data just goes from my laptop to there and back. It feels like it's mine. It's really nice.
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