I ditched Claude Code for Perplexity, then realized I needed both all along
…See at Perplexity Multi-model workflows are the way to go One model isn't enough for every task I've come to realize that one model isn't enough for every…
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Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash costs 3x the model it replaced, and the era of cheap AI is ending
16h agoGoogle's free Gemma 4 model runs on hardware you probably already own
5d agoHigh-VRAM GPUs aren't the future of local AI — unified memory and Mixture of Experts models are
5d agoLocal models now handle 90% of what I used Claude Pro for, but the other 10% is worth paying for
1w agoThe new SteamOS update finally adds controller support to some big handheld names
…Beta available now in Settings > System > System Update Channel; release branch coming soon. While people have settled on the desktop OS they want the most, the fight for the king of the…
Trying to self-host LLMs made me realize local AI has a friction problem, not a quality problem
…In order to know when a newer or better version of your favorite model has been released, you must stay tapped into communities. Then, of course, comes the manual downloading, swapping, testing…
I fine-tuned a 7B model to write my Home Assistant automations, and it actually works
…While fine-tuning a model takes a lot of VRAM, running a model as small as this doesn't . Even a GPU with 8GB of VRAM could run the 4-bit quantized…
I quit using Adobe Firefly for a free open-source alternative
…s now the launch platform for new open-source models from Black Forest Labs (Flux) and even Stability AI's own releases. Beyond just generating visuals, the node setup means you can…
After a year of self-hosting LLMs, I realized the real bottleneck isn’t the GPU
…Meta's Llama (Large Language Model Meta AI) series — including Llama 2 and Llama 3 — has become a cornerstone of the local AI movement. Because Meta releases the weights openly, the community…
I ditched LM Studio for llama.cpp, and my local LLM doesn't feel like a downgrade anymore
…Some models don't quite work properly in it, so some flagship features in newer models go untouched because my runner just doesn't support them yet. A coworker mentioned llama.cpp…
I replaced NotebookLM with a local LLM, and the difference is night and day
…0, released in mid-2024, and the way it handles this is pretty sensible. Attach a file to a chat and it first checks whether the document fits inside the model’s…
I put Google's Gemma 4 on my homelab and Tailscale on my phone — and cancelled Claude Pro
…I was trying to replace cloud models with local models for the wrong reasons; there was no way a 12B local model could outrun Opus 4.7 in deep reasoning and large…
You don't need an expensive GPU to run a local LLM that actually works
…Meta's Llama (Large Language Model Meta AI) series — including Llama 2 and Llama 3 — has become a cornerstone of the local AI movement. Because Meta releases the weights openly, the community…