Local LLMs are actually good now, and I wasted months not realizing it
…My runner of choice is LM Studio, which has a clean and easy interface that never felt like I was doing anything particularly technical. It's basically just a chat window with…
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…If that's you, LM Studio is a great alternative. It gives you a clean desktop app with a visual interface where you can browse, download, and chat with models without even…
I built a local AI stack with 5 Docker containers, and now I'll never pay for ChatGPT again
…Ollama lets me run models like gpt-oss (20B), qwen2.5-coder (7B), llama3.1 (8B), Mistral (7B), DeepSeek (14B), Gemma, and others depending on what I need. Some models are better…
I built my entire second brain in Claude Projects, and NotebookLM can't compete anymore
…While that extends to NotebookLM too, with its Slide Decks feature and the other Studio outputs, Claude's aesthetic is a bit more polished. The interactive visuals alone are something I haven…