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I'm scoping a build, is this for me?

Before you spend the money. The honest cost, the trade-offs, and what the finished thing actually looks like.

7 articles, in reading order

  1. Should You Buy a DGX Spark in 2026? The Honest Decision Tree

    The literal decision tree. If you only read one piece before buying, this is it: where the Spark wins, where it does not, and the alternatives that are honest about themselves.

  2. Self-Hosted AI vs Cloud APIs: The Real Total Cost

    The real cost comparison. Cloud API tokens versus owning the iron, with the figures every cost article handwaves.

  3. How Much Electricity Does Self-Hosted AI Actually Use? Lightbulbs, Bitcoin Miners, and Solar Panels

    The running cost. Electricity, hardware amortization, and the solar math, no marketing numbers.

  4. Five DGX Spark Disasters I Survived (You Don't Have To)

    What going wrong actually looks like. Five real failure modes from the first months of operation, so the war-story shape is on the table before the purchase.

  5. What I'd Buy in 2026 for €4,000: A Mid-Tier Sovereign AI Build

    A representative budget tier. Links to the full 2k / 4k / 8k / 15k series : different price points, same honest sourcing.

  6. 24 Hours Setting Up a Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 10 As a Sovereign-AI Companion Box

    A complete worked build, start to finish, on a real Lenovo Legion. The honest cost ledger, the laptop-versus-tower decision (and why the tower is the better capability-per-euro pick), and what the finished sovereign-AI box actually looks like once it runs.

  7. Sovereign AI Grid: What's Working and What Comes Next

    Where the whole project is going, so you can judge if the direction matches yours.

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