Local language models are finally good enough to use. According to Vicki Boykis on Hacker News, improved model compression, faster inference frameworks, and better optimization mean you can now run capable AI models on standard consumer hardware. This matters for anyone concerned with privacy, API costs, or vendor lock-in—your laptop or home GPU can now handle tasks that previously required paid cloud services.

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