Openrouter is great for experimenting with models. I did exactly what you're saying to test smaller models that will run on commodity hardware and determine if

Openrouter is great for experimenting with models. I did exactly what you're saying to test smaller models that will run on commodity hardware and determine if it might be worth it to drop $10k on hardware. For me the answer was no, but it's close. I'm very excited for the next few innovation cycles to arrive.