RAG
Minimum Viable Evals for Technical AI Workflows
A practical AI evals guide for testing prompts, RAG, coding assistants, config review, assertions, Ragas, promptfoo, and regression checks.
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.
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.
Open WebUI Deep Dive: Users, Models, Documents, Prompts, and Safe Sharing
Configure Open WebUI accounts, model and document access, provider connections, backups, and updates, with controlled signup and restricted tools before sharing an instance over LAN or VPN.
Local AI Models Explained: Gemma, Llama, Qwen, Nemotron, Phi, DeepSeek, and More
Decode local model names, quantization, context, and memory requirements, then compare exact checkpoints on your own tasks rather than choosing by family name or advertised size.
Local AI Is Finally Useful: What Should You Run First?
A practical local AI starter guide for Ollama, LM Studio, Open WebUI, embeddings, structured output, private notes, and first useful workflows.