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My local LLM rewrote my resume better than ChatGPT, and it's not even close

… Ollama Ollama is a platform to download and run various open-source large language models LLM on your local computer. See at Ollama Related Google's Gemma 4 finally made me care about running local LLMs Why did I ignore local LLMs for so long? …

May 7, 2026 · Samarveer Singh

Ollama is still the easiest way to start local LLMs, but it's the worst way to keep running them

… Quiz 8 Questions · Test Your Knowledge Ollama & Local LLMs Trivia Challenge Think you know your way around running AI models locally — put your Ollama expertise to the test! …

Apr 8, 2026 · Adam Conway

I stopped trying to replace my cloud LLMs, and local models finally made sense

… Related Claude Code with a local LLM running offline is the hybrid setup I didn't know I needed Local LLMs are great, when you know what tasks suit them best The gap between local and cloud models is too big I tried to make a local-only setup click, but just couldn't Local LLMs have an obvious shor… …

May 11, 2026 · Korbin Brown

Trying to self-host LLMs made me realize local AI has a friction problem, not a quality problem

… See at Ollama Related My local LLM can call Claude when it's stuck, and it changed everything about my local-first setup Local LLMs aren't very good on their own The future of local AI depends on removing friction Local AI needs to feel less like a research project to become more mainstream. …

May 22, 2026 · Samarveer Singh

Instead of Claude and Anthropic models, I use my local LLMs for coding (and not vibe-coding, mind you)

… Related I don't pay for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, or Claude – I stick to my self-hosted LLMs instead There's no point in relying on AI tools when my local LLMs can handle everything Compared to Claude’s cloud models, anything spat out by my local models will be sloppy code But that’s not a probl… …

Mar 23, 2026 · Ayush Pande

After a year of self-hosting LLMs, I realized the real bottleneck isn’t the GPU

… But if your local AI only lives in a chat box, you’ve essentially built a high-powered engine just to idle in the driveway. Relying on manual prompting is a massive bottleneck. …

May 6, 2026 · Yash Patel

Stop obsessing over your GPU's core clock — memory clock matters more for local LLM inference

… Related The best AMD GPU for Local AI performs as well as the RTX 3090 and costs far less AMD already has a worthy candidate for local AI, but most people don't know it Local AI inference is a memory game If you're serious about your local AI models, it's time to focus on your GPU's memory clock in… …

Mar 28, 2026 · Tanveer Singh

Local LLMs are actually good now, and I wasted months not realizing it

… I definitely didn't get it with local AI in mind because that wasn't even on my radar. It runs local LLMs fine. …

Apr 18, 2026 · Nolen Jonker

I replaced ChatGPT and Claude with this powerful local LLM and saved over $20 a month while gaining full control

… In fact, I’ve paired it with OpenNotebook, and it’s significantly better than every other local model I’ve used for aggregating my research notes. …

May 1, 2026 · Ayush Pande

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