I turned my phone into a local LLM server, and it handles vision, voice, and tool calls
…agentic workflows, and isn't going to be my primary AI endpoint when I'm sitting at my desk with a GPU nearby. However, it's crazy to think what a phone…
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I ran local LLMs on Intel's cheapest iGPU, and the results were surprisingly decent
2d agoYour old gaming PC is overkill for a home server, and that's exactly why it's perfect
3d agoMy entire home lab cost less than a new GPU, and it does more for me too
5d agoHigh-VRAM GPUs aren't the future of local AI — unified memory and Mixture of Experts models are
1w agoOllama is still the easiest way to start local LLMs, but it's the worst way to keep running them
…s cloud servers B To run large language models locally on your own hardware C To fine-tune models using cloud GPU clusters D To create a marketplace for AI model licensing…
Self-hosted AI may not be for everyone, but I'm done paying for ChatGPT and other cloud models
…Not to mention, the gigantic servers owned by cloud providers can process instructions at breakneck pace, while local AI tools can take anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes when coming…
I ditched Claude for Obsidian and a local LLM, and miss it less than I expected to
…is what you'd expect when one model runs on Anthropic's servers and the other runs on my GPU. But Opus is overkill for day-to-day chatting anyway, a local…
Trying to self-host LLMs made me realize local AI has a friction problem, not a quality problem
…Your GPU's VRAM limitations might end up crippling performance. Again, this is an example of all the complexity coming before the value. With cloud AI, you get value immediately, and the…
Running local LLMs every day for five months broke every assumption I had about them
…There are documents I’d rather not hand to Google, OpenAI, or Anthropic’s servers now, and once the local AI setup was working , reaching for it in those cases made obvious…
I turned an old Android phone into a home server, and it’s more useful than my Raspberry Pi
…has over a Raspberry Pi as a home server is its built-in hardware feature. Which feature is that? A A dedicated GPU for rendering B A built-in UPS in the…
I switched from streaming to self-hosting my media — it cost more than I expected
…He's written about everything from UI and UX changes across various apps to emerging software and AI trends. At XDA, he showcases his versatility in the tech reporting space with articles…
I used my local LLM to rebuild my workflow from scratch, and it was better than I expected
…Related I turned my home server into an AI appliance, and this is the stack that actually stuck My reliable, low-friction self-hosted AI productivity setup. My non-negotiable productivity workflow…
SSD prices aren't coming down anytime soon, but used enterprise SSDs could be the answer you're looking for
…year, few people would have imagined the snowstorm enveloping SSDs and graphics cards, too. Due to unprecedented demand from AI data centers, manufacturers pivoted to enterprise memory and storage, leaving little silicon…