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There are a lot of things in my toolchain pre-AI that I did not own and relied on to make a living. Mobile developers are in even worse shape, and iOS developer
by madrox 1mo ago
There are a lot of things in my toolchain pre-AI that I did not own and relied on to make a living. Mobile developers are in even worse shape, and iOS developers doubly so. The idea we were somehow less beholden before AI, I think, is silly.
None of us can wholly do our trades without support. Local inference is a fun idea, but you'll be out-competed by the serfs, as you call them.
- NewJazz 25d agoYou listing things that make developers dependent doesn't mean they weren't less dependent before. Now they have all those things, and more. It is debatable whether local inference is a competitive disadvantage. One key advantage is consistent performance. No unexpected model downgrades or yanks, no silly safeguards imposed, and no quotas is a lot of advantage. And by the way, it is not an either-or decision. You can use local inference as your daily driver while still leaning on frontier models when you get stuck.