I replaced NotebookLM with a local LLM, and the difference is night and day
…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…
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I use Claude and local LLMs together now, and it costs half as much while being twice as fast
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Windows Local AI: AI model deployment using Windows ML on AMD NPU
…it perfect for quick prototyping and testing with minimal setup. Run the model supported in Foundry local using the following command: cd
My homelab needed a lightweight dashboard, so I had Claude and a local LLM race to build it
…I decided to build it twice, once with Claude Code and once with Devstral-Small-2-24B-Instruct running locally in Cline via LM Studio . It became a test between two AI…
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Show HN: I built a RAG and knowledge graph agent that runs locally
Claw-Coder is an AI agent that runs locally on your laptop and has access to powerful tools instead of configuring claude or codex to use a local model just use claw-coder. Why was claw-coder created? Answer: To solve th…
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Show HN: I built a powerful RAG and knowledge graph agent that runs locally
Claw-Coder is an AI agent that runs locally on your laptop and has access to powerful tools instead of configuring claude or codex to use a local model just use claw-coder.Why was claw-coder created? Answer: To solve the…
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The Qwen 3.6 35B A3B hype is real!!!
My personal test for small local LLM intelligence is to check whether a model has any ability to understand the code that I write for my own academic research. My research is on some pretty niche topics and I doubt that …
Show HN: VerdictMail – IMAP daemon that uses LLM reasoning to catch phishing
I built VerdictMail as a homelab project to explore whether combining classical email authentication signals with LLM reasoning produces better threat classification than either approach alone.It runs as a daemon on Ub…
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DeepSeek V4 being 17x cheaper got me to actually measure what I send to cloud vs what I could run locally. the results are stupid.
That foodtruck bench post showing deepseek v4 matching gpt-5.2 at 17x cheaper got me thinking. if frontier cloud models are that overpriced for equivalent quality, how much of my daily work even needs cloud at all? Ran m…
I ditched LM Studio for llama.cpp, and my local LLM doesn't feel like a downgrade anymore
…Sign in to your XDA account LM Studio has been my default runner for as long as I've been running local LLMs , which is more than long enough now to call…
I used my local LLM to sort hundreds of gaming clips, and it was the laziest solution that worked
…Is it the "easy" way out in terms of computer vision? Sure, but it gets the job done, and it's the exact kind of thing a local LLM is perfect at.
I wrote a script to run Claude Code with my local LLM, and skipping the cloud has never been easier
…Local models are quietly perfect for security work They automate the boring parts of reverse engineering and testing This is where the local setup stops being a nice-to-have and starts…
I tested the Geekom A9 Max 2026 Edition — and discovered a powerful AI mini PC with workstation-level performance
…own localised LLM, at present, the Geekom A9 Max seems like an exceptionally good option. Performance: 4.5 / 5 GEEKOM A9 Max 2026: Final verdict By the end of this test, there…
I replaced ChatGPT with a local model on my gaming PC, and it's beating the cloud where I didn't expect
…The ESPHome and llama.cpp tests were actually eye-opening as well, and I found myself wondering: How can a local model consistently give better answers? Pi and a local SearXNG close…
ACASIS Debuts 80Gbps Pro Storage: The World's First Thunderbolt 5 Multi-Bay Storage System
…The new series is designed to address a growing storage bottleneck for AI developers, on-premises LLM users, video creators, and professionals managing large-scale local data workflows. Built for the Demands…