From Silicon Valley to techno-fascism: why cloud LLMs are a trap, and how I cobbled together my own local AI

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This article argues that cloud-based LLMs can create dependency and risk, then promotes running local AI models as a practical alternative. It mixes commentary on the politics and economics of AI with a hands-on setup for using Ollama, Continue, and VS Code on a Linux machine. The piece includes model recommendations, quantization guidance, and a sample configuration for local coding assistance. It also shows a Solidity security example to demonstrate how the local setup can support real development work. The overall message is that developers can reduce cost and control by keeping AI workflows on their own hardware.

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