Google's free Gemma 4 model runs on hardware you probably already own
…RAG, coding assistance 31B Dense 24 GB 34 GB 62–80 GB High-quality generation The 31B Dense model is the flagship and comfortably scores well on the AI benchmarks used industry…
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I stopped forcing every coding job through Claude and started using this instead
…It encourages a workflow where the AI assists you rather than replacing your judgment. That sounds less impressive than an autonomous agent that can roam your codebase and make sweeping changes, but…
The Claude feature everyone ignores is the one I use every single day to boost my productivity
…This is one of the largest context windows of any mainstream AI assistant, and Claude Projects is built to take full advantage of it by combining custom instructions, file uploads, and chat…
Your smart home needs both an ESP32 and Raspberry Pi 5, not one or the other
…pairing The ESP32’s price and volume of community projects, ranging from VPN gateways to AI assistants , make it tempting to push the microcontroller beyond its limits. I fell for that trap…
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…
There’s a hidden Android Auto notes app most people never discover — I use it at every red light
…I've found my most effective creative flows in the driver’s seat through the integration between Google Keep and Google Assistant. While most people treat their car screen as a glorified…
I used Claude Code, Antigravity, and Perplexity Computer to build a portfolio — there was a clear winner
…GitHub Copilot, introduced in 2021, was the pioneering AI coding assistant that sparked the mainstream adoption of AI in software development. Built on OpenAI's Codex, it planted the seed for the…
NotebookLM proved that AI tools don't need to make things up to be useful
…Sign in to your XDA account I've watched my friend Sarah roll her eyes at ChatGPT, dismiss Gemini as "glorified autocomplete," and refuse to touch any AI writing assistant on principle…
I keep finding vibe coded apps that leak user data, and I'm not even looking for it
…It was a decent-looking site, reasonably polished, clearly put together with generous help from an AI assistant. I was curious how posts were being served up, so I looked in the…
This self-hosted Office 365 alternative is fine, but here's how I turned it into my private cloud setup
…Alternatively, if you’re an AI aficionado, Nextcloud has multiple integrations for Claude Code, Stability AI, and DeepL. Since we’re already on the subject of AI, there's technically a first…