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a developer posted his Claude Code bill on Reddit: $170 in 10 days. someone replied: "I bought a Mac Mini M4. Haven't paid Anthropic since." most people scrolled past that reply. the dev community didn't. Apple Stores ran out of Mac Minis the next month. not from launch hype...

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François Masclef 的头像
François Masclef5 个月前

No. A base Mac mini just can't run T parameters models such as Opus. The best usable model you can get is a 3B active parameters one. That does NOT compare.

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Mikeumus5 个月前

Yeah — $170 in 10 days is real when sessions stay open. Mac Mini/local is one escape hatch; we still wanted a hard session/daily cap for the weeks we were on the API after a surprise bill:

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Chai5 个月前

But the code or task quality wont be the same right

Noisy 的头像
Noisy5 个月前

new banger

dunik 的头像
dunik5 个月前

yes, bro! i believe in this.

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CN Trench5 个月前

Different in math but a big difference in quality of work.

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wixenco5 个月前

run some shit 7b model. no thanks. we will get there one day.

Zippy 的头像
Zippy5 个月前

been saying local runs would flip cloud, yall just proved it with receipts

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SLOT.WIN5 个月前

o

dunik 的头像
dunik5 个月前

?

Tippi Fifestarr 的头像
Tippi Fifestarr5 个月前

So to be clear you think frontier models are nothing special and not worth lots more than open source models?

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Nico5 个月前

now this is a banger

Pranav Kumar Reddy C 的头像
Pranav Kumar Reddy C5 个月前

Replacing cloud infrastructure with your own hardware cuts cost a lot! The next step would be testing how many agentic workflows and the size of swarm a single Mac mini can handle

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Manjare5 个月前

i am tiref of AI geberated fake slop like this one. @nikitabier can you start banning AI slop about self hosting AI ?

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燎原5 个月前

??? claude code 开源了吗?

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BeanBee 🐝5 个月前

Ownership changes the economics.

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肖勤立5 个月前

cc接ollama的确省钱

C.A.K.E.Z 的头像
C.A.K.E.Z5 个月前

Cap

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rewind5 个月前

local ai keeps looking better

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FuturMix.ai5 个月前

Solid breakdown. Local models are a good lever when they fit the task. For devs who still need hosted Claude/GPT/Gemini models, another option is an OpenAI-compatible API relay with discounted model access. We run FuturMix — one API key, 22+ models, no local infra to maintain.

Terry Bui 的头像
Terry Bui5 个月前

クールなトリック! 賢い開発者たち!

Jeshua 的头像
Jeshua5 个月前

What if you didn’t have to buy any expensive technology you could run it off of any machine? That’s something that I’ve been researching, especially since the industry is moving towards multi Agentic work. There may not be an issue of hardware anymore. It’s an issue of how the model and protocols operate. Here are some benchmarks.

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𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗚𝗔5 个月前

subscription wins when devs dunno they can run local math flips once they figure it out

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Argona5 个月前

apple boxes were a real find banger article

Asher 🪺 的头像
Asher 🪺5 个月前

apple box for life vs $170/month, truly comparable

Eclipse 🌖 的头像
Eclipse 🌖5 个月前

The real demand signal was always compute cost vs. API pricing. If local inference on a $600 box beats $5/day API bills, the unit economics flip instantly for devs.

Антонов ⚡️ 的头像
Антонов ⚡️5 个月前

even with a 64gb config you can’t run anything remotely close to the overall software engineering performance of opus/codex you could use a 70-80B for scoped tasks or something smaller for assistant use but that’s it. a good harness makes a big difference though ngl

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Gregor5 个月前

not sure 'haven't paid anthropic since' pencils out once you add setup time and hardware amortization for pennywise the break-even was probably 4-5 months out. did those devs actually run the numbers or just feel the relief of no invoice?

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