Don't let FOMO win if you're interested in local llm from a hobby/learning aspect

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Just a reminder for those out there itching to get into local llms - don't let FOMO or "gear acquisition syndrom" take over. No matter the hobby, it's so easy to get stuck in a trap where we buy more trying to do more only to realize we've lost the fun in it all or even the notion of learning. Obviously, if you're into writing llama or vllm or hardware drivers or whatever - you got to do what you got to do. BUT, you can learn a lot on an API, you can learn a lot with a tiny model that fits your