Playbooks·Build, with consequences

The tools we wished existed.

Step-by-step playbooks for teams who have to ship: audits, checklists, and the templates we use ourselves.

01

How to Set Up OpenCode With a Local Model, No Terminal

11 min
 02

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

9 min
 03

Run a Local ChatGPT With Open WebUI and Ollama

10 min
 04

Local AI Autocomplete in VS Code With Continue.dev

10 min
 05

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

11 min
 06

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

12 min
 07

Local Transcription That Beats the Paid Apps: WhisperX

11 min
 08

Chat With Your Documents Locally (RAG) With AnythingLLM

11 min
 09

ComfyUI Beginner Guide: Generate Images Locally

11 min
 10

Local LLM RAM Requirements: A Sizing Guide

10 min
 11

Local Deep Research: A Fully Private, Free Engine

12 min
 12

Migrate Off Paid AI Tools to Open-Source: A Step-by-Step

11 min
 13

AI Coding Agent Permissions: Safe File Access

10 min
 14

Piper TTS Setup: Local Text-to-Speech on Any CPU

9 min
 15

Marker: Convert PDF to Clean Markdown Locally

10 min
 16

OpenCode with a local model: set up an offline AI coding agent

7 min
 17

How to Set Up a Local AI Coding Agent on a Mac

7 min
 18

ComfyUI with local LLMs: a practical Mac workflow

8 min
 19

OpenClaw with a local model: a private AI assistant

7 min
 20

How to run Gemma 4 12B locally on a Mac with Ollama

7 min
 21

Local AI coding agent setup with OpenCode and Ollama

7 min
 22

Set up a brand voice across OpenCode, Hermes, and Pi

7 min
 23

How to build a private, always-on AI assistant on your Mac with Hermes Agent and LM Studio

5 min
 24

Local AI agent for morning routine automation: setting up Hermes Agent

7 min
 25

How to keep a background AI agent from failing silently

6 min