Ollama
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.
From Homelab Chatbot to a Private AI Operations Platform
Extend a local chatbot with document retrieval, bounded tools, monitoring, and backups only after defining permissions, ownership, failure behavior, and recovery; begin with read-only assistance.
Running Local AI Alongside Media Services Without Fighting Your GPU
Run Ollama, Tdarr, Plex, Jellyfin, and Frigate on the same homelab more safely by understanding NVENC, NVDEC, CUDA, VRAM, scheduling, and monitoring.
Performance Tuning Ollama and Local LLMs Without Guesswork
Tune Ollama from a repeatable baseline, checking model fit, context, memory placement, concurrency, and answer quality; change one setting at a time and keep a rollback path.
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.