Почему я прекратил самостоятельно хостить модели ИИ (и вам, вероятно, тоже стоит)

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Why I Stopped Self-Hosting AI Models (And You Probably Should Too)

I spent 3 months and roughly $500 on GPU hardware to host my own LLM. I was fully convinced that self-hosting was the "right" way to do AI — privacy, control, no vendor lock-in, all that good stuff. Then I hit a wall. Actually, I hit several walls. And it took me longer than it should have to admit that I was the problem. Let me walk you through what happened, because I think a lot of you are in the same boat. The Setup: My DIY AI Dream It started innocently enough. I had this idea