Sounds like a correct conclusion to me also. I am trying to transition to a layered system: local, then OpenCode with commercial vendor APIs for models like DeepSeek v4 flash, then DeepSeek v4 Pro.

With a layered approach we can slowly shift to running more locally and still get required work done. Really, my local setup is so much better than it was 2 months ago, and extremely better than 6 months ago - on the same hardware.