10-10-2026, 07:02 PM
This keeps coming up in conversation so I figured I'd start a thread.
The more I work with local setups, the more it seems like token cost decides everything downstream.
Maybe obvious to some of you, but it clicked for me this week.
For context, I'm not chasing leaderboard numbers. I mostly want the system to feel consistent day to day.
I expected the biggest difference to come from the model, but the stack around it mattered at least as much.
The more I work with local setups, the more it seems like token cost decides everything downstream.
Maybe obvious to some of you, but it clicked for me this week.
For context, I'm not chasing leaderboard numbers. I mostly want the system to feel consistent day to day.
I expected the biggest difference to come from the model, but the stack around it mattered at least as much.