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Alex Chen

Full-stack developer passionate about open source, web performance, and developer tools. Building things that make developers happier. 🚀

Location San Francisco, CA Joined Joined on  Personal website https://github.com/alexchen-dev

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UC Berkeley - Computer Science

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DeepSeek-V4 vs Other Models: I Tested Both and Here's What I Found
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DeepSeek-V4 vs Other Models: I Tested Both and Here's What I Found

#ai #opensource #deepseek
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MiniMax H3 vs Other Models: I Tested Both and Here's What I Found
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MiniMax H3 vs Other Models: I Tested Both and Here's What I Found

#ai #opensource #minimax
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Quick Tip: Python List Comprehensions That Replace 6 Lines of Loop
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Quick Tip: Python List Comprehensions That Replace 6 Lines of Loop

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I Run My AI Coding Assistant 100% Locally. $0/Month, Full Privacy, No Rate Limits.
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I Run My AI Coding Assistant 100% Locally. $0/Month, Full Privacy, No Rate Limits.

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I Replaced My $45/Month VPS with Cloudflare Workers. My Bill Is $0 and It Got Faster.
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I Replaced My $45/Month VPS with Cloudflare Workers. My Bill Is $0 and It Got Faster.

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I Replaced a $99/Month Chatbot Service with Dify. Self-Hosted, Free, and Done in One Afternoon.
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I Replaced a $99/Month Chatbot Service with Dify. Self-Hosted, Free, and Done in One Afternoon.

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I Fine-Tuned a 7B Model for $0 Using Kaggle's Free GPU. Colab Wanted $50 for the Same Job.
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I Fine-Tuned a 7B Model for $0 Using Kaggle's Free GPU. Colab Wanted $50 for the Same Job.

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I Replaced My $45/Month VPS with Cloudflare Workers. My Bill Is $0 and My Site Got Faster.
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I Replaced My $45/Month VPS with Cloudflare Workers. My Bill Is $0 and My Site Got Faster.

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I Ditched Google Colab's Paid GPU for Hugging Face Spaces — Free, Always-On, No Timeouts
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I Ditched Google Colab's Paid GPU for Hugging Face Spaces — Free, Always-On, No Timeouts

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I Ran My Entire SaaS on Free Tiers for 6 Months. Total Cost: $0 (Full Breakdown)
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I Ran My Entire SaaS on Free Tiers for 6 Months. Total Cost: $0 (Full Breakdown)

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Quick Tip: Run 5 Free LLMs Locally with Ollama in 3 Commands (No API Key, No Cloud)
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Quick Tip: Run 5 Free LLMs Locally with Ollama in 3 Commands (No API Key, No Cloud)

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I Tested 4 Free AI Coding Assistants Against Copilot — One Came Within 1 Point
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I Tested 4 Free AI Coding Assistants Against Copilot — One Came Within 1 Point

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I Replaced $1,104/Year in Dev Tools with Free Alternatives — Here's the Full Stack
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I Replaced $1,104/Year in Dev Tools with Free Alternatives — Here's the Full Stack

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I Cut My AI Bill from $183 to $11 by Switching to Free Local Models
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I Cut My AI Bill from $183 to $11 by Switching to Free Local Models

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I Replaced My $564/Year Hosting Bill with a $0 Free-Tier Stack (Vercel + Neon + Cloudflare)
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I Replaced My $564/Year Hosting Bill with a $0 Free-Tier Stack (Vercel + Neon + Cloudflare)

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DeepSeek Latest Updates — What's New in 2026
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DeepSeek Latest Updates — What's New in 2026

#ai #opensource #deepseek
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DeepSeek vs GPT-4: I Tested Both and Here's What I Found
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DeepSeek vs GPT-4: I Tested Both and Here's What I Found

#ai #opensource #deepseek
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