Show HN: Sunk Cost – How long until a local LLM rig pays for itself?
A new open-source project named Sunk Cost helps users estimate the payback period for operating a personal large language model server, factoring hardware purchase, energy consumption, and usage. It allows comparison of ongoing cloud subscription fees with upfront capital expenses, showing how many inference queries are needed to break even. The tool was posted on Hacker News for community feedback.