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From Subscription to Self-Hosted: A Studio Case Study№ 010 · Case Studies
Case Studies

From Subscription to Self-Hosted: A Studio Case Study

Not the mapping of which tool replaced which, but the story of the move itself: why we decided to leave…

Jun 07 · 10 min
A Week of Coding With a Local Agent, No Cloud№ 009 · Behind-the-scenes
Behind-the-scenes

A Week of Coding With a Local Agent, No Cloud

We spent a working week coding with OpenCode pointed at a local Ollama model and nothing else. No cloud agent,…

Jun 07 · 10 min
The Cheapest Mac That Runs Serious Local AI№ 008 · Builds & Tools
Builds & Tools

The Cheapest Mac That Runs Serious Local AI

We get asked which Mac to buy for local AI more than any other question. The honest answer is not…

Jun 07 · 9 min
Local Audio Cleanup: Demucs and WhisperX№ 007 · Builds & Tools
Builds & Tools

Local Audio Cleanup: Demucs and WhisperX

A build log for the studio's interview chain: Demucs to isolate the voice out of a noisy field recording, WhisperX…

Jun 07 · 10 min
A Fully Local Image Pipeline With ComfyUI№ 006 · Builds & Tools
Builds & Tools

A Fully Local Image Pipeline With ComfyUI

How the studio built a repeatable image pipeline that runs entirely on one Mac: a node graph instead of a…

Jun 07 · 10 min
The Open Source AI Atlas: How We Evaluate Local Tools№ 005 · Behind-the-scenes
Behind-the-scenes

The Open Source AI Atlas: How We Evaluate Local Tools

A look inside the Atlas, the studio's running record of every local AI tool we test. The same template for…

Jun 07 · 10 min
Testing OpenJarvis End-to-End: What Worked, What Didn’t№ 004 · Case Studies
Case Studies

Testing OpenJarvis End-to-End: What Worked, What Didn’t

Our working test notes on OpenJarvis, published in the open. This is the scaffold of a hands-on review with the…

Jun 07 · 9 min
We Replaced Our Paid AI Tools With Open-Source Local Ones№ 003 · Case Studies
Case Studies

We Replaced Our Paid AI Tools With Open-Source Local Ones

A real swap, not a thought experiment. We took the paid AI tools the studio was leaning on and replaced…

Jun 07 · 10 min
Wiring OpenCode to a Local Model: A Build Walkthrough№ 002 · Builds & Tools
Builds & Tools

Wiring OpenCode to a Local Model: A Build Walkthrough

A build log, not a brochure. We wired OpenCode to a model on our own machine and watched it edit…

Jun 07 · 10 min
How We Built Our Local AI Stack№ 001 · Builds & Tools
Builds & Tools

How We Built Our Local AI Stack

The exact stack the studio runs every day: compute, model, tools. What we chose, what we rejected, and what we…

Jun 07 · 10 min