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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.
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DeepSeek Is Raising Prices, and the Community Is Not Happy
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
Self-Hosted AI
OpenAI, AWS, and the Gang Just Standardized Agent Packaging — Here's What It Means for Self-Hosters
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.
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Is Self-Hosted AI Worth It in 2026? (I Ran the Numbers)
What 295 Reddit comments, an RTX 5080, and a whole lot of Docker taught me about the real cost of local LLMs