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AI

Everything we publish on AI: the models we run on our own machines, what the tools send home, the benchmarks we measure ourselves and the claims we check against the code. Start with the investigations, then the guides.

Local Deep Research: A Fully Private, Free EngineResearch
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Local Deep Research: A Fully Private, Free Engine

Local deep research that searches, reads and writes a cited report with nothing leaving your machine: a model on Ollama…

12 min
Local LLM RAM Requirements: A Sizing GuideResearch
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Local LLM RAM Requirements: A Sizing Guide

Local LLM RAM requirements, explained. The commonest mistake is pulling a model your machine cannot hold. How to size a…

10 min
ComfyUI Beginner Guide: Generate Images LocallyTools
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ComfyUI Beginner Guide: Generate Images Locally

A ComfyUI beginner guide. It looks intimidating because it shows every step of image generation as a node you wire…

11 min
Chat With Your Documents Locally (RAG) With AnythingLLMResearch
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Chat With Your Documents Locally (RAG) With AnythingLLM

An AnythingLLM setup guide: drag in a PDF, ask a question, and get an answer with source citations, all running…

11 min
Local Transcription That Beats the Paid Apps: WhisperXTools
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Local Transcription That Beats the Paid Apps: WhisperX

A WhisperX setup guide. Whisper turns audio into text, and WhisperX tells you who said what, with timestamps, running entirely…

11 min
Build Your Own Local AI Stack (Compute, Model, Tools)Process
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Build Your Own Local AI Stack (Compute, Model, Tools)

A local AI stack is three choices stacked in order: the compute, the model engine, then the tools you actually…

12 min
Aider: AI Pair-Programming in Your Terminal With a Local ModelWorkflow
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Aider: AI Pair-Programming in Your Terminal With a Local Model

Aider with a local model reads your repo, edits files, runs commands, and commits with clean messages, all from a…

11 min
Local AI Autocomplete in VS Code With Continue.devTools
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Local AI Autocomplete in VS Code With Continue.dev

Continue.dev with Ollama is GitHub Copilot, except that the model lives on your laptop, you pick which one, and no…

10 min
Run a Local ChatGPT With Open WebUI and OllamaTools
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Run a Local ChatGPT With Open WebUI and Ollama

An Open WebUI setup guide: a private chat app that looks and works like ChatGPT, answered by a model on…

10 min
How to Install Ollama on a Mac (Apple Silicon) the Right WayTools
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How to Install Ollama on a Mac (Apple Silicon) the Right Way

Install Ollama on a Mac the clean way. The setup for Apple Silicon, plus the handful of settings that save…

9 min