Every day, I grow more eager for the inevitable crash of the AI market. Sora getting killed seems like a good portent.
this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2026
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I'm skeptical about Sora getting killed. I think it's very plausible that they just privated their model for internal use by the US gov. Sure, it's one less power hungry AI video generator, but there are multiple of those available already, I don't think it's the win most people think it is.
Could happen tomorrow, could happen in a year or two. Stay tuned for more updates on the ongoing shit show.
I've been listening for this inevitable crash for some time now, but nothing yet. Crossing fingers. Eventually we will all need CPUs, disks, RAM etc.
The crash will come at some point, but based on the last decade, crypto boom, covid, just greed, now AI. Some new bullshit comes and jacks up the prices even more.
Call me a doomer, but the market is permanently messed up. It will not recover as long as some new player, maybe China, will enter the market.
This is why i'm building a server with a DDR3/Phenom II motherboard.
I have 96GB of ECC DDR3 laying around with nothing to put it in. I should find some low-power hardware that will take it.
“96GB of DDR3” will never really be “low power”, take it from a guy who built a homelab with a DDR3 machines a while ago…but you should still pick up whatever hardware you can as soon as you can. Like, seriously, they’re taking personal computing away from us.
No chipsets from that era that handle 96GB are going to be affordable to run - unless you’ve got excess solar or something.
I've had the motherboard sitting around collecting dust for awhile. I was looking into buying a NAS until I realized it was a ripoff. Figured why not build a system around POS from 2011.
When I wanted my current server to be available for more experimental loads I decided I needed a new machine and at that time all hdds had gone up in price, but a package of ds225+ with 2x16TB had not yet been price increased so I got the NAS "for free".
I would've repurposed an old gaming machine otherwise.
Worth looking for those kind of "deals" where someone has forgotten to increase a bundle price.
DS225+ with jellyfin and transcoding:
I added 16GB RAM (Crucial 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4 3200MHz CL22 SODIMM) and the github.com/007revad/Transcode_for_x25 fix to enable proper transcoding for a docker install of Jellyfin and enough RAM to add other "production load" dockers in the future.
Now I can play around all I want on my old server while Jellyfin and SMB shares remain available on redundant drives with automated backups. I've also blocked the NAS from the internet in my router now to ensure that Synology can't "fix" the transcode fix.
Man I'm so happy I barely game anymore and my home server was rebuilt 2 years ago, hopefully it doesn't crap out anytime soon 🤞
I started building my first server last year, I only need two more 8TB drives to complete my raid ambition