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Why local LLMs beat API bills — the one-afternoon setup

Most people in my feed are paying $30–$200 a month for AI. The same thing on your hardware costs $0 per request.

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What you'll walk away with

A scene-by-scene walkthrough of every beat in the video. Plain English. Real numbers. Real workflow.

The walkthrough

  1. Most people in my feed are paying $30–$200 a month for AI.
  2. It adds up faster than they realize.
  3. Show the math. Tokens aren't free.
  4. Some heavy users are clearing $400+ per month.
  5. $0 / request. — after the one-time download
  6. If your machine can play a modern game, it can run a real LLM.
  7. Step 1. Download Ollama. It's free.
  8. One installer. Two minutes. No account.
  9. Step 2. One command.
  10. It pulls down the model the first time. Like a Steam download.
  11. Step 3. Ask it something. Same trick as Claude.
  12. Same task. Free now.
  13. That's the whole afternoon. Done.
  14. Use Claude when you need it. Use local for everything else.
  15. Most of your tasks are routine. Routine = local.
  16. Math from one of my own setups. ~90% off the API bill.
  17. Plus your data never leaves your machine.
  18. The hardest part is picking the right model for your hardware.
  19. That's why I built Local Model Dojo. — crowdsourced benchmarks per machine
  20. localmodeldojo.com — Founder pricing $24/mo for life · code LAUNCH30 · 30 days only
  21. Start with EP01 if you're brand new. Link below.

Cut your AI bill 90%+

I built Local Model Dojo so the same kind of bot work that costs $100/mo on the Claude or OpenAI API runs on hardware you already own. Founder pricing locks in for the life of your account.

See Founder pricing → Code LAUNCH30 · 30-day window

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— Jake Morris · Oklahoma veteran · localmodeldojo.com