rauchg: Own Your Intelligence — Embrace Open Source and Local Models
mitsuhiko · x · 2026-11-02
Vercel founder rauchg urges developers to "own your intelligence," claiming anyone opposed has something to sell you. He argues local models must keep proliferating: while massive models remain out of reach locally, developers should keep options open and own their harness, data, connections, and runtime — their agents — by embracing open source.
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