Self-hosting is the alternative to hosted agent products like Cursor, Copilot, or Devin. Your code stays on your machine, your prompts stay readable, your model provider is your choice, your cost is what your provider charges per token. The trade-off is operational: you maintain the runtime, you bring the GPUs (if you go open-weight). For teams with compliance constraints or strong privacy preferences, it is the only option.
Engineering notes from the Digitorn team. No marketing, no launch announcements, no "10 prompts that will change your life". Just the things we write that we'd want to read.