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The Hidden Costs of ‘Free’ Cloud AI Tiers№ 012 · Analysis
Analysis

The Hidden Costs of ‘Free’ Cloud AI Tiers

A free cloud AI tier does not cost zero. It costs something other than dollars: your data, your reliability, your…

Jun 07 · 9 min
What ‘Agentic’ Actually Changed for Local AI№ 011 · Insights
Insights

What ‘Agentic’ Actually Changed for Local AI

The word 'agentic' gets thrown around until it means nothing. Stripped down, it is one real shift: a model that…

Jun 07 · 10 min
Local-First Deep Research vs the Cloud№ 010 · Insights
Insights

Local-First Deep Research vs the Cloud

A research engine that runs on your own machine can keep every query private and charge nothing per report. A…

Jun 07 · 10 min
Open WebUI vs Jan: The Local ChatGPT, Picked№ 009 · Insights
Insights

Open WebUI vs Jan: The Local ChatGPT, Picked

Two ways to put a private ChatGPT in front of someone. One is a feature-rich browser workspace, the other is…

Jun 07 · 9 min
smolagents vs OpenJarvis: Which Agent Framework, for What№ 008 · Analysis
Analysis

smolagents vs OpenJarvis: Which Agent Framework, for What

Two agent frameworks, one well-tested and one still on our bench. smolagents is the antidote to framework bloat. Here is…

Jun 07 · 10 min
Is Local AI Good Enough to Replace the Paid Tools?№ 007 · Insights
Insights

Is Local AI Good Enough to Replace the Paid Tools?

For most of what you do in a day, local AI is already enough. For the hardest problems, a frontier…

Jun 07 · 10 min
Which Local LLM Should You Actually Run in 2026?№ 006 · Research
Research

Which Local LLM Should You Actually Run in 2026?

The best local model is not the biggest one. It is the one that fits your RAM with headroom and…

Jun 07 · 11 min
The True Cost: Cloud AI Subscriptions vs Running Local№ 005 · Analysis
Analysis

The True Cost: Cloud AI Subscriptions vs Running Local

Stop arguing about whether local AI is cheaper. Add up your real subscription stack, compare it to a machine you…

Jun 07 · 10 min
Ollama vs MLX vs Jan: Running Local Models on a Mac№ 004 · Research
Research

Ollama vs MLX vs Jan: Running Local Models on a Mac

Three ways to run a model on Apple Silicon: the foundation, the fast one, and the friendly one. We run…

Jun 07 · 11 min
Aider vs Cline vs OpenCode vs OpenHands, Picked for You№ 003 · Analysis
Analysis

Aider vs Cline vs OpenCode vs OpenHands, Picked for You

Four open-source coding agents, four different answers to one question: where do you want to work? Terminal, editor, app window,…

Jun 07 · 12 min