My local LLM is the best productivity tool I've installed in years, and it costs nothing to run
…You can also hook up a local LLM to Obsidian directly through the Copilot plugin. I wrote about how I did it if you’d like to check it out - there’s…
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If OpenAI's new direction bothers you as a privacy-conscious user, you may have more options than you might think. Local AI models have come a long way, and are now a viable alternative to cloud-based platforms. Since these models run entirely on your own hardware, no information is sent to a server, and have no advertising business model to answer to. For those who'd rather stay within the OpenAI ecosystem, upgrading to a paid tier removes ads entirely. It does feel worth being clear about what that decision involves, because, after all, OpenAI designed the free tier knowing that the ad exper
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I gave Gemini access to my entire Google Drive and it became the assistant I actually wanted
…Gemini's Drive Projects pull directly from your existing file structure and never copy or replicate your files. It just honors your existing data protection and security controls, including access permissions. Where…
I connected my local LLM to my browser and it changed how I automated tasks
…I already had automations set up for most of this using n8n, where I connected something like ChatGPT and used it within those workflows. At some point, I started questioning why I…
I started using Claude with Gmail and it's been a game-changer
…I gave Claude a high-level directive: Find my complaint email to Keycept and draft a new one with a legal warning. The result was stunning. Claude didn’t just find the…
My favorite alternative to VS Code isn’t Cursor or Claude Code: it’s something way cooler and productive
…Related I used Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT to create my personal website, and there was a clear winner The AI web dev battle. Packed with features And fun slash commands Antigravity 2…
I ran Gemma 4 (26B) on a 10-year-old-GPU, and it's reliable enough to replace the cloud
…Related I replaced ChatGPT and Claude with this powerful local LLM and saved over $20 a month while gaining full control Qwen3.6 runs on my old GPU and does what ChatGPT…
Claude Code built me a dungeon crawler in one shot, but the real work was fixing what it broke
…I didn't want to give it directions on genre or mechanics. I wanted to see what Claude would make. Claude went into a big thing that lasted 12 minutes and burned…
Cloud AI is becoming cable TV: too many subscriptions, confusing limits, and bundles nobody asked for
…Related I use ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini daily — here's the only one worth paying for One stands above the rest. AI subscriptions are getting crowded and harder to understand Every…
OpenAI's Codex is starting to look less like a coding tool and more like an AI workspace
…The direction Codex is heading in couldn't be clearer If all of the above doesn't make the direction Codex and OpenAI are heading in clear, the company's own words…
Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash costs 3x the model it replaced, and the era of cheap AI is ending
…Three companies moved in one direction, though they did it with three different mechanisms. On the outside, it looks like all three companies are starting to probe the price tolerance of their…