After self-hosting LLMs for a year, I realized that models are not the real bottleneck
… I threw more hardware at the problem, moving from lightweight models to massive giants. …
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I kept waiting for Docker to fail, but nineteen containers on bare metal proved Proxmox wrong
… I did have a few networking constraints, but because of my ISP and not the hardware or software. …
I put Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini through the same tasks — only one is worth the subscription
… You are designing a home lab for a power user with the following constraints: 10GbE backbone, mixed 2.5GbE clients Proxmox cluster with 3 nodes, shared storage required Must support Kubernetes, AI workloads local LLM inference , and media streaming Jellyfin Power budget: under 400W average Noise mu… …
Console optimization is holding PC gaming back more than you think
… That allows them to optimize aggressively for a very specific hardware configuration, squeezing every bit of performance out of those consoles. While that's a good thing for the console audience, it also means the game's entire performance model is built around those constraints. …
Mini-ITX motherboards are full of compromises, but not the ones most people think
… Even with better hardware, you're still building around constraints instead of purely choosing the best components. …
Home Assistant's local LLM support outperforms Gemini for Home, and Google knows it
… Running LLMs locally frees you from those constraints — of course, you still need to set everything up on your hardware. …
Your old PC doesn't need a new motherboard, just a $15 adapter and a faster drive
… This should keep your trusted machine running for years to come, so you get to experience the pure joy of outsmarting hardware constraints. …
I still regret these 4 PC building blunders that haunted my upgrade path for years
… An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. …
AI broke the RAM market, but hybrid DDR4/DDR5 motherboards could be the fix
… A mid-range hybrid board aimed at builders who want both flexibility and performance would address the crisis without asking buyers to settle for entry-level hardware. …
Running Ollama on a 15W CPU sounded ridiculous until I got it working with decent results
… I know I'm going to have hardware constraints before anything relating to Ollama. …