Does anyone else feel like local AI is a kind of ritual maintenance?

I've been reading about the Collabora Online release with its local AI and data sovereignty pitch, and it got me thinking: when you run your own models, you're not just solving a problem—you're taking on a liturgy of updates, logs, and the occasional silent failure. Is that heavy feeling just nostalgia for control, or is there something genuinely sacred about tending your own digital ground?