Local AI
Can a Local Coding Model Run an Agent? Test Tools, Patches, and Safety
Use a disposable repository to test a self-hosted coding model's API, tool calls, patch quality, refusal boundaries, and rollback before giving it real code.
Is Your Self-Hosted AI Actually Private? Audit Every Data Path
A practical audit for local AI prompts, cloud model selection, web and vision sidecars, exposed APIs, logs, and backups before sensitive data enters the system.
Local LLMs in the Codex App: OpenCodex Setup and Privacy Limits
Compare the native Codex CLI local-model path with OpenCodex's third-party proxy for the desktop app. Verify actual routing, hosted sidecars and recovery before treating a local model as a private workflow.
Ollama vs llama.cpp vs LM Studio vs Lemonade: Test the Runtime, Not the Logo
A local-AI runtime comparison framework for Ollama, llama.cpp, LM Studio, and Lemonade: hardware fit, context, APIs, concurrency, privacy, and evidence.
MCP 2026-07-28 Migration Guide: Stateless Core, Auth, and Compatibility Checks
An unperformed MCP migration test plan for exact client, gateway, SDK and server combinations. Check protocol compatibility, denied access and multi-instance behavior with disposable data, while separating protocol statelessness from application state and authorization.
Model Routing: Different Models for Different Jobs
Compare local models on representative tasks before routing prompts automatically; enforce data restrictions first, make each route visible, and retain an allowed fallback and manual override.
Nemotron and Agentic Local AI
Evaluate a specific Nemotron checkpoint against memory and runtime support, then start agent experiments with read-only tools, scoped credentials, logged calls, and approval for changes.
Local Coding Assistants: Codex CLI, Continue, Aider, and OpenHands
Compare Codex CLI, Continue, Aider, and OpenHands by workflow, model support, permissions, and recovery; evaluate scoped tasks in a disposable repository before granting broader access.
Build a Private RAG Box for Network Docs
A private RAG guide for network documentation, configs, diagrams, NetBox exports, runbooks, embeddings, vector search, citations, and evals.
Adding RAG: Chat with Documents Locally
A beginner-friendly guide to local document chat, embeddings, vector databases, Open WebUI knowledge bases, privacy, and common RAG mistakes.