AI subscriptions add up faster than you notice. I'm paying $236/month across seven AI tools — and every company I'm giving money to says they're losing money on me. The math only works because of VC subsidies that won't last. When the bill catches up, you'll wish you'd built your own stack. This playlist tracks what AI actually costs, why it's about to cost more, and what happens when you stop renting and start owning your compute. Topics covered: • What you're really paying every month (the subscription audit) • Why "$20/mo" turns into $200/mo (the enshittification cycle) • Self-hosting the AI tools you actually use • Replacing SaaS with a homelab — what works, what doesn't • When AI is genuinely cheaper than humans, and when it isn't If you've ever stared at a credit card statement wondering when "just one more subscription" became $100+/month, this playlist is for you.
Curated by: Codacus (15 videos)
Last month, Linux's #2 maintainer shipped 24 patches to the kernel — all caught by an AI running on a desktop next to him. No subscription. No API key. No monthly bill. The kernel is the software that powers your phone, your router, your car, and half the internet — and these were real security bugs in real subsystems. Same month, a different AI subscription quietly billed a developer $200 because of a filename in his git history. Same vendor that found a 16-year-old FFmpeg bug also refused to refund the $200 they had mistakenly charged. Two visions of where AI is heading. Only one of them is yours to keep. This is the story of GKH's "clanker_t1000," AMD's Strix Halo, the new Linux AI policy, Anthropic's Mythos vs HERMES.md, Zig's anti-AI ban — all on one map, with the variable that explains who's right. — Codacus ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ 🕒 CHAPTERS ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ 0:00 Intro 0:36 Who is Greg Kroah-Hartman 1:17 Clanker T1000 + the SMB bug 2:31 Why the hardware matters (AMD Strix Halo) 3:27 Two more bugs (Nouveau, IO_uring) 4:14 Why these bugs mattered 4:44 The killer quote — accountability 5:40 Subscribe (one-second plug) 5:51 The Zig contrast — opposite direction 6:34 Anthropic Mythos — cloud AI's win 7:13 The HERMES.md kicker — same vendor, two faces 8:14 The take — who's accountable for the output 8:57 What this means for you 9:25 Final thought ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ 🔗 LINKS & SOURCES • Linux kernel AI policy (official): https://docs.kernel.org/process/coding-assistants.html • Phoronix — "Clanker T1000" coverage: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Clanker-T1000-AMD-Ryzen-AI-Max • Tom's Hardware — Linux's #2 hunts bugs locally: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-kernels-second-in-command-uses-framework-desktop-to-hunt-bugs-with-local-ai • Anthropic Mythos / Project Glasswing announcement: https://red.anthropic.com/2026/mythos-preview/ • Simon Willison — Zig's anti-AI policy: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/30/zig-anti-ai/ • HERMES.md billing flaw — Consumer Rights Wiki: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Anthropic_Claude_Code_HERMES.md_billing_flaw • HN thread on the $200 charge: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952722 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ ⚙️ HARDWARE in this video: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo) on Framework Desktop 16 Zen 5 cores · 40 RDNA 3.5 CUs · 128GB unified LPDDR5X ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ 🟢 If you're tired of being the QA team for AI you didn't ask for, subscribe — I'm doing more videos like this. The fight isn't AI vs no-AI. It's who's accountable for the output. #linuxkernel #localai #vulnerability #cybersecurity #StrixHalo #aisecurity #opensource #opensourceai