Jani NikulaMar 7

Using a free software stack, you could be an effective developer with a relatively low budget. A cheap or used laptop and an internet subscription.

LLM coding is changing that too. You either need a very powerful and expensive machine to run a local model, or (currently more likely) an LLM subscription. We are lead to believe you have to pay a monthly fee to be an effective developer.

The prospect of your output as a developer being tied to a proprietary service seems risky at best.

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@jani “worse than stupidity”

In a slightly different context but very much the same issues. Cloud services indeed traded convenience for diminished software freedom, control and privacy... as we can see today user fleeing US based services. Even #Proton can't guarantee protection to its customers, as we saw recently.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman

#AI #theaicon

Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman

Richard Stallman says web-based programs like Google's Gmail will force people to buy into locked, proprietary systems that will cost more and more over time

The Guardian
Mar 8 at 10:11amWeb
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@oatmeal

Cloud was heavily pushed by govts too.

@jani