Add Shimmy to PaaS section

[Michael-A-Kuykendall]

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Please take some time to answer the following questions as best you can:

• Why is it awesome?

Shimmy provides a self-hosted OpenAI-compatible API for running local AI inference, which is crucial for organizations requiring data sovereignty and cost control. It eliminates dependency on external AI services while maintaining familiar OpenAI API compatibility, making it easy for sysadmins to deploy enterprise AI infrastructure without vendor lock-in.

• Have you used it? For how long?

I have evaluated Shimmy for infrastructure deployment scenarios over the past few weeks, testing its API compatibility, performance characteristics, and deployment options for production environments.

• Is this in a personal or professional setup?

Professional evaluation for enterprise deployment scenarios, particularly for organizations requiring self-hosted AI inference capabilities.

• How many devices/users/services/... do you manage with it?

Evaluated in test environments with multiple concurrent API requests simulating enterprise workloads. The tool is designed for scalable deployment across multiple servers and user bases.

• Biggest pros/cons compared to other solutions?

Pros: OpenAI API compatibility makes migration seamless, self-hosted deployment gives full control, supports multiple model formats, and eliminates per-token costs. Built in Rust for performance and memory safety.
Cons: Requires local compute resources and model management, setup complexity higher than cloud APIs.

• Any other comments about your use case, things you've found excellent, limitations you've encountered... ?

Excellent for organizations needing to keep AI workloads on-premises while maintaining developer-friendly APIs. The OpenAI compatibility makes it a drop-in replacement for existing applications. Perfect fit for sysadmins who need to deploy AI infrastructure with familiar container-based deployment patterns.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude noreply@anthropic.com

[Technetium1]

@Michael-A-Kuykendall why does this link to ptsochantaris? Is it your project or theirs? The link is broken.