Definitely. I've been looking at all this stuff way too closely for awhile now so I doubt my opinion is representative. Looks like there's positive reception coming from others in the comments here. I think the general cycle of "new model/technique - rush to implement - immediately obsoleted by another new model/technique - rush to implement..." has me a little burned out. Sorry about the dismissive comment.
Like you, I'm similarly situated -- and I'll probably take a few months (to a year) break from following this stuff too closely (e.g. trying to get these running locally on my own). I have a suspicion that things will be a bit more lightweight and/or optimized by then, and it'll be way more tractable+economical to play with and selfhost many of these models.
