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IT consultant advocates for FOSS solutions amid AI boom

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The author recounts their experience providing IT consultancy for small and medium-sized businesses, particularly after the rise of LLMs and AI. They consistently recommended adopting Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) solutions, emphasizing that viable alternatives exist for businesses looking to move away from proprietary systems. AI

IMPACT Suggests a shift towards open-source alternatives in business IT solutions as a response to the proliferation of AI technologies.

RANK_REASON The item is a personal reflection and opinion piece on IT consultancy and software choices in the context of AI's rise.

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IT consultant advocates for FOSS solutions amid AI boom

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    For a chunk of my time as IT, after this whole bullshit of # LLM / # ai started, I spent a while doing small and medium sized business IT consultancy. That's fa

    For a chunk of my time as IT, after this whole bullshit of # LLM / # ai started, I spent a while doing small and medium sized business IT consultancy. That's fancy name for "IT guy on call" and "this is what you can do to solve your computer problem" Whenever a client had more th…

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