Internet outage proved the case for open models: workflow never interrupted
dodecagonism · x · 2026-10-31
A developer shared that an unplanned hours-long internet outage didn't interrupt their AI workflow at all, because they run entirely on open models (Qwen, DeepSeek, GLM). Their quip: "Anthropic and OpenAI will never be there for you like Qwen, DeepSeek and Zhipu will" — a small but pointed anecdote about the reliability and independence value of open-weight models.