Google's Gemma 4 finally made me care about running local LLMs
…data leaving my device. The offline fallback is something I personally find really helpful too! For a free model, this is as good as it gets No limits, no privacy concerns, extremely…
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I did the math on local AI vs. Claude Pro, and the winner isn't as straightforward as you think
…I did the math, which is the easy part; what's harder is deciding what level of investment, quality, control, and privacy you're after. Related I stopped paying for three productivity…
Running local AI on the Raspberry Pi 5 taught me why cloud models are still winning
…Installing Ollama was the easy part Ollama was the easiest AI platform to install From my research, Ollama would be the easiest AI platform to install on my Raspberry Pi 5, so…
Gemini's Gmail integration sounds helpful until you realize what it can actually see
…In that time, he's also written for SlashGear and numerous corporate clients before finding his home at XDA in the spring of 2023. He was the kid who took apart every…
Nvidia's RTX Spark is a developer's dream, but AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ is what most people actually need for local AI
…It fits my needs entirely. Would increased performance be welcomed? Absolutely. I miss running models on my RTX 4060 Ti with 16 GB of VRAM, but I barely utilized it, and I…
After a year of self-hosting LLMs, I realized the real bottleneck isn’t the GPU
…I use Logseq as my primary knowledge base , where the AI helps me resurface old research nodes and link disparate ideas. For document management, Paperless-ngx acts as the digital archive, providing…
I tried playing PC games on my phone, and the only thing that worked was a community rebuild of the most controversial app in the scene
…In my spare time, you’ll probably find me playing Counter-Strike or VALORANT, and you can reach out to me at adam@xda-developers.com , on Twitter as @AdamConwayIE , on Instagram…
These open-source tools do what Claude charges for, and some do it better
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The Claude feature everyone ignores is the one I use every single day to boost my productivity
…Going forward, I’m planning to create a project for my home lab where Claude remembers all the technical details about my Docker setup, library of YAML configs, Pi-hole logs, and…
OpenAI's Codex is starting to look less like a coding tool and more like an AI workspace
…already out, but what really caught my eye is something OpenAI is currently testing within Codex called Chronicle. This feature is currently in opt-in research preview, and is only available for…