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.
ResearchLocal 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…
ResearchLocal 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…
ToolsComfyUI 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…
ResearchChat 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…
ToolsLocal 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…
ProcessBuild 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…
WorkflowAider: 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…
ToolsLocal 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…
ToolsRun 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…
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…