$412/月vs本地跑模型都漏了:API能同时调十几个专业模型做routing,代码用这个、写作换那个、推理再切一个。本地再强也是单模型天花板。模型分工的收益,不是$412能衡量的。
YOU'RE PAYING $412 A MONTH TO RENT A COMPUTER THAT ALREADY SITS ON YOUR DESK
that box on the desk is an NVIDIA RTX 5080. it runs a full model at home, 196 tokens a second, right there on the screen.
meanwhile your statement bleeds $412 a month. claude max, chatgpt pro, cursor, perplexity, two transcribers you forgot about. $4,944 a year to rent compute that fits next to your monitor.
a used tesla m40 is $130. a mac mini m4 is $599. three commands and it runs a 32B model. no per-token bill, no cloud, no data leaving the desk.
and it doesn't stop when you do. it sorts your inbox and files your notes while you sleep.
the box was never idle because it was weak. it was idle because you were the only thing telling it what to do.
full breakdown in the article below. save this before everyone figures it out.