43 years to break even on Qwen 3.8 at 25% the speed of the API, lol. I like the idea of local models for really small tasks like automation/toolcalling, but it

43 years to break even on Qwen 3.8 at 25% the speed of the API, lol. I like the idea of local models for really small tasks like automation/toolcalling, but it will probably never make sense for coding. I tried them and it was just excruciating compared to what you get for $100 a month from a subscription.