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User builds custom AI inference gateway for homelab token conservation

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A user is experimenting with building a custom inference gateway for their homelab, aiming to provide a single point of access for AI agents to interact with various model providers. The setup utilizes a local model (Qwen 3.8 flash next) for output-intensive tasks and subscription-based frontier models for review, with a pay-per-token model (DeepSeek 4.1 Flash) managing the orchestrators. This workflow, implemented using Paseo and Pi.dev agents, is designed to conserve expensive tokens by leveraging different models based on task requirements. AI

IMPACT This setup demonstrates a novel approach to managing AI agent workflows and token costs, potentially influencing how individuals and small teams optimize their use of various AI models.

RANK_REASON User-level implementation of AI tooling and workflow.

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User builds custom AI inference gateway for homelab token conservation

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

    # ai # LLM # homelab experiments/silliness today: writing a tiny inference gateway. I want one place on my tailnet that any agent can use for inference, across

    # ai # LLM # homelab experiments/silliness today: writing a tiny inference gateway. I want one place on my tailnet that any agent can use for inference, across model providers, that also gives upstream quota info when relevant and model info from models.dev (specifically context …

    LINKS paseo.sh pi.dev

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