Running Pi with local LLMs on a Raspberry Pi sounds chaotic, but it actually works
…The local LLM-powered Pi instance is surprisingly good at running bash commands For the first couple of tests, I decided to go easy on my Qwen 3.5 2B + Pi combo…
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Qwen3 is an AI model family developed by Alibaba, released as a set of large language models for natural-language tasks.
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Qwen 3.6 is now much easier to run locally on your Mac, thanks to JetBrains
Local LLMs work best when you're not loyal to just one
…Meanwhile, Qwen 3.5 and DeepSeek are better for calling tools on external apps (namely, my NAS server , Nextcloud instance , and Home Assistant hub ) via MCP servers. Related I built a local…
Running Ollama on a 15W CPU sounded ridiculous until I got it working with decent results
…local models. I found anything under 10B to be entirely possible without entering swap territory and waiting an absolute age for the CPU to handle everything. The downloaded test model qwen3:4b…
I replaced Cursor and Antigravity with a completely local VS Code setup, and I missed less than I expected
…If anything, I’d take this slight performance drawback over running out of rate limits any day, especially since my local LLMs spare me from paying extra subscription fees every month. If…
My self-hosted LLMs are a lot more than just a chat replacement – here's how they boost my productivity
…I have to admit that local AI tools are far more useful than they may initially appear. Larger models like my beloved Qwen3.6-35B-A3B perform exceedingly well at every task…
I used this free AI-powered design app with my local LLM, and it's shockingly capable
…Testing Paper on my own hardware Impressive, a little ugly, and eventually useful Qwen 3.5 9B was my model for this because it's been the best performer for local design…
Two old GPUs I salvaged are doing more AI work than a brand new $2000 card, and I won't be upgrading anytime soon
…local image models can even replace Adobe’s generative fill tools, and it’s something I only realized after running the krita-ai-diffusion and krita-vision-tools plugins. On the performance…
I gave my gaming PC and phone the same local LLM tasks, and only one of them is still in my daily rotation
…and half the size of Gemma and Qwen. This still doesn't make sense to me. Related I replaced Claude Pro with a local 9B model for a week, and finally found…
I asked a local AI to build me a cheat for a popular sandbox game, and only Claude Code could finish the job
…Related I tested Qwen3 Coder Next against four other local AI coding models, and the gap was embarrassing Qwen3 Coder Next is one of the best local models out there, and it…
I replaced ChatGPT and Claude with this powerful local LLM and saved over $20 a month while gaining full control
…It does not render graphics, autonomously execute system commands, or perform live video analysis — it is a large language model at its core. Challenge Complete Your Score / 8 Thanks for playing! Qwen3…