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Engineering managers ditch cloud AI for local LLMs
Engineering managers are increasingly turning to local LLMs as a third option between expensive cloud AI licences and legal restrictions on data governance. The trend gained credibility when Georgi Gerganov, creator of llama.cpp, publicly endorsed using a Qwen3-27B model locally for daily coding tasks. Former Meta/Google DeepMind VP Mat Velloso is also switching to open-weight models, citing concerns about reliance on proprietary models that could be withdrawn without notice. Local models are seen as already capable enough for routine tasks like autocomplete, refactoring, documentation, and test generation, especially where latency, privacy, or cost predictability matter more than peak capability.
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