Local First on Yongjie Xuehttps://www.yongjiexue.io/en/tags/local-first/Recent content in Local First on Yongjie XueHugoen-USFri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local AI: A Question of Power, Not Pricehttps://www.yongjiexue.io/en/ai/local-ai-movement/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.yongjiexue.io/en/ai/local-ai-movement/Anthropic&rsquo;s threat report, OpenAI&rsquo;s soap opera, the closure of the $200 subscription tier, and rising GPU and memory prices—all of this week&rsquo;s events tell the same story.Local AI's Inflection Point: 2027https://www.yongjiexue.io/en/ai/local-ai-inference/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.yongjiexue.io/en/ai/local-ai-inference/<blockquote> <p>When subsidies fade, hardware catches up, and open models mature, all three lines cross in 2027. &ldquo;Build your own AI&rdquo; goes from idea to reality.</p> </blockquote> <h2 id="a-thought-triggered-by-a-group-chat">A Thought Triggered by a Group Chat </h2> <p>A friend in a group chat said the other day that &ldquo;self-hosting&rdquo; is starting to make more sense to him now.</p>