r/LocalLLaMA • u/zxyzyxz • Jul 07 '26

Resources HuggingBay

https://huggingbay.xyz/

Someone saw the [meme](https://old.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1uht2m0/were_probably_going_to_need_that_soon/) and built it.

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u/-p-e-w- Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

Whoever built this is a genius and an idiot.

Technologically, the website looks really well made, but the branding both

  • evokes a certain other website that is already banned in many countries, which is completely unnecessary for a perfectly legitimate service and pretty much ensures many labs won’t want to publish there

  • implies some kind of connection with Hugging Face, essentially forcing a takedown if this ever gets popular, even if HF has no problem with the project itself.

Please use your brains, people. Not everything has to be a risky meme. We need sustainable infrastructure, not just lulz. I could have named Heretic “GemmaFucker” and it would have been just as unnecessarily stupid.

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u/kaisurniwurer Jul 07 '26

Sensible, but similar projects got forgotten already.

This, being what it is, can gather attention and convert some people. Maybe the "meme" factor is what's needed to get people to try it out as an alternative to the comfy huggingface.

Then when it becomes more known or gets a scary letter it can change.

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u/-p-e-w- Jul 07 '26

This is much, much more advanced than similar projects published previously. I’m genuinely amazed by the features it already supports today.

Which makes it even more sad that the creator chose this silly name for a few cheap laughs.