Assuming that by "at home" you mean using ordinary hardware, not something that costs as much as a car. Yes, very slowly, for simple tests. (Not proprietary models obviously, but quite capable ones nonetheless.) Not exactly viable for agentic coding that needs boatloads of tokens for the simplest things. But then you can run smaller local models that are still quite capable for many things.
I’m very good at the handcrafted stuff, I’ve been doing this a while. I don’t feel like giving up my self sufficiency, I just feel like the writing is on the wall.
By "you" I actually meant this hypothetical person who's only good enough for AI assisted. Though even for us who are already experienced, we should keep the manual stuff even if it's just as going to the gym. I don't see myself retaining my skills for long by just reviewing LLM output.
If not, you're changing learning to cook for Uber only meals.
And since the alternative is starving, Uber will boil the pot.
Don't give up your self sufficiency.