Why Local LLMs Are Still Hard to Use
zakadit · reddit · 2026-07-19
The post discusses "how to actually run 2T+ models." After listing their incredibly high-end local hardware, the author still finds models like Kimi K3 too slow, questioning what the "local AI victory" actually means for average users.
The core argument is that even with massive compute, the scale, inference speed, and context length of viable local models remain limited. Most people still use smaller-tier models, while super-sized models struggle to reach a "truly usable" speed locally.
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