Why We Built Our Own Agent Platform Instead of Renting One
A detailed look at our custom agent infrastructure — what it takes, what it costs, and why we chose to build instead of rent.
A detailed look at our custom agent infrastructure — what it takes, what it costs, and why we chose to build instead of rent.
I got a notification from a reader on Reddit this week. They had just opened their email and found a message from DeepSeek that stopped them cold: prices are going up, significantly, and the company is offering refunds on pre-funded accounts. They posted the screenshot in r/DeepSeek with three
Agent Plugins 1.0 landed August 6, 2026. Six clients, five companies, one package format. And yes, you can run it on your own hardware.
What 295 Reddit comments, an RTX 5080, and a whole lot of Docker taught me about the real cost of local LLMs