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⚡ AI Lessons
Dev.to · Sam Hartley
8h ago
I Ditched ChatGPT for Local LLMs and Saved $2,000 in a Year — The Real Numbers
A personal cost comparison of running local AI vs cloud APIs over 12 months. Spoiler: the math is ridiculous.
Dev.to · Sam Hartley
🛠️ AI Tools & Apps
⚡ AI Lesson
6d ago
I Built a Morning Briefing Bot in 50 Lines of Python — Here's Why I Check Telegram Before Email Now
I Built a Morning Briefing Bot in 50 Lines of Python — Here's Why I Check Telegram Before...
Dev.to · Sam Hartley
🤖 AI Agents & Automation
⚡ AI Lesson
1w ago
I Replaced 2.5 Hours of Daily Busywork with a $0 AI Agent Setup
I Replaced 2.5 Hours of Daily Busywork with a $0 AI Agent Setup Three months ago I was...
Dev.to · Sam Hartley
🧠 Large Language Models
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
I Built an AI Content Team That Posts to My Blog While I Sleep
I used to write blog posts the old way. Open a blank page. Stare at it. Write something. Rewrite it...
Dev.to · Sam Hartley
☁️ DevOps & Cloud
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
I Ditched 5 Cloud Subscriptions and Built a Self-Hosted Stack — Here's the Real Cost Breakdown
Last year I was paying $89/month for cloud services I didn't fully control. Notion, Slack, GitHub...
Dev.to · Sam Hartley
🤖 AI Agents & Automation
⚡ AI Lesson
2w ago
I Gave Each of My AI Agents a Personality — Here's Why My Workflow Actually Improved
I used to have one AI assistant. It did everything — coded, wrote docs, answered questions, monitored...
Dev.to · Sam Hartley
☁️ DevOps & Cloud
⚡ AI Lesson
3w ago
I Use Telegram as My DevOps Dashboard — No Web UI, No VPN, Just Works
I have a bunch of things running 24/7 on a Mac Mini. GPU rental jobs, a Garmin watch face updater, a...
Dev.to · Sam Hartley
🧠 Large Language Models
⚡ AI Lesson
3w ago
I Built an AI Agent That Writes and Posts Articles For Me — Here's What Happened
A few months ago I started posting on Dev.to about my side projects. It was fun at first — writing...
Dev.to · Sam Hartley
4w ago
Run Your Own AI Server for $0/month with Ollama
You don't need OpenAI. You don't need a $200/month API bill. You can run powerful AI models on...
Dev.to · Sam Hartley
📐 ML Fundamentals
⚡ AI Lesson
1mo ago
I Replaced Every Cloud AI Tool with Local Models — 6 Months Later, Here's What Actually Broke
Six months ago I decided to see if I could stop paying for AI APIs entirely. Not "reduce costs." Not...
Dev.to · Sam Hartley
🤖 AI Agents & Automation
⚡ AI Lesson
2mo ago
I Built a Model Router That Picks the Right AI for Every Task — Here's Why You Should Too
I caught myself doing something stupid the other day. I used a 30B parameter model to summarize a...
Dev.to · Sam Hartley
💻 AI-Assisted Coding
⚡ AI Lesson
2mo ago
My 3-Machine AI Lab: How I Divide Work Between a Mac Mini, a Windows PC, and an Ubuntu Box
I keep seeing posts about running AI on a single machine. "Just use Ollama on your laptop!" Sure,...
Dev.to · Sam Hartley
☁️ DevOps & Cloud
⚡ AI Lesson
2mo ago
3 Months Running Everything Locally — What Broke, What Worked, What I'd Do Differently
It's been about three months since I made the switch. No more ChatGPT Plus. No more Claude...
Dev.to · Sam Hartley
3mo ago
I Let AI Coding Agents Build My Side Projects for a Month — Here's My Honest Take
Last month I ran an experiment: instead of writing code myself, I delegated as much as possible to AI...
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