I finally found a local LLM I want to use every day (and it's not for coding)
…So when I say it runs on basically anything, I mean you don't need expensive hardware to get genuinely useful output from it - I can push the context length up to…
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Right now, we are in a structural shortage that probably won't see relief for a good couple of years. As a result, so much consumer hardware feels like it's vanishing. With budget gaming PCs disappearing, Nvidia's Super Series potentially in jeopardy, and the Steam Machine currently in limbo too. The silver lining of all of this is that this crisis might force a software revolution where developers have to finally stop being lazy with RAM optimization. For now, the hardware we want is sitting on a shelf in a designer's drawer, waiting for the prices to drop to make it accessible for the averag
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I tested 3 tiny local LLMs for everyday work, and only one of them impressed me
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Denuvo is finally dead, and the industry's response could be far worse than piracy
…On paper, that sure sounds like a win for pirates, but in reality, it may end up pushing the entire industry toward something far worse, which is a future where you don…
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Jasmine Mannan May 26, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
I stopped reaching for Raspberry Pi when the $60 board hit $95
…and competition from AI infrastructure, and outside coverage repeatedly framed the result as the Pi getting dragged into the same broader memory crunch affecting other parts of consumer hardware. That context matters…
I finally automated my curtains without drilling holes or replacing anything
Jasmine Mannan Apr 3, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini get all the hype, but the most interesting AI models are coming from elsewhere
…There are two models that I'd put in front of anyone who wants a local AI experience that doesn't feel like a compromise, and the hardware requirements aren't that…
I stopped trusting cloud AI with my personal files, and switched to this local setup instead
…Sign in to your XDA account I use AI tools for a big portion of my productivity and creativity tasks now, so uploading files to them has become second nature at this…
I switched from streaming to self-hosting my media — it cost more than I expected
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Running Claude Code locally saved me money, but that wasn't even the real win
…You don't need a dedicated AI box or heavy workstation GPUs (though I have used both), and I've moved to serving my LLMs from my gaming PC . I've found…