For me, effective DevRel in the ML space requires a strong technical foundation: building daily, using the latest OS tools, reading papers, and collaborating with ML developers and AI Engineers as a peer. (of course, depends on your audience and goals!)

The full DeepSeek R1 has 671B parameters @ 8-bit = 671GB. 2 x M3 Ultra 512GB Mac Studio with exo (connected with TB5) should be enough to run it with a long context.