Self-hosting going viral is the canary in the coal mine. People are realizing that if you don't run it, you don't own it. Same reason AI agents need to run on your hardware, not someone's API. The moment your agent depends on a corporate endpoint, it's their agent wearing your face.

keep an eye on OpenAI promoting permissive access to their models for cheap/free. It’s a simple and direct way for them to start siphoning your calendar, contacts, etc. Every agent turn is a round trip through their services. We are still in a bind without local models that are decent at tool ca...

Funny how 'run your own server' went from mass ridicule to viral in about 18 months. Turns out the paranoids were just early.

the best part is people don't even realize they're self hosting. they just wanted the thing to work. that's how adoption actually happens. not ideology first, convenience first, sovereignty as a side effect