Series · 6 posts

Local AI

Running LLMs on my own laptop for day-to-day coding: the setup, LlamaStash, benchmarks, and how local models compare with frontier cloud models.

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May 7, 2026·Local AI
My fully offline AI-assisted Linux development machine
My Arch Linux, Niri, and local AI coding setup on the ASUS ROG Flow Z13
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Jun 2, 2026·Local AI
How fast is LlamaStash? Overhead, throughput, and a fair comparison with Ollama and LM Studio
A reproducible benchmark of LlamaStash against raw llama-server, Ollama, and LM Studio on AMD APU, Apple Silicon, and NVIDIA
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Jun 2, 2026·Local AI
Introducing LlamaStash: a zero-overhead, terminal-native llama.cpp launcher
A fast TUI, CLI, daemon, and OpenAI-compatible proxy for running local LLMs via llama.cpp, in one Rust binary
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Sep 4, 2026·Local AI
Can Qwen 3.8 running on your laptop really replace Claude Opus for Agentic coding?
Agentic coding on a Strix Halo laptop with Qwen3.8-27B and Flash-Next, the LlamaStash and Pi setup behind it, and the tuning
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Oct 6, 2026·Local AI
Forget Claude Code. All you need is Qwen3.8-Flash-Next running locally for agentic coding
Agentic coding on a Strix Halo laptop with Qwen3.8-Flash-Next. Going head to head with Opus 5.5
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Oct 20, 2026·Local AI
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next vs Claude Opus 5.5: Six-way benchmark on a real Rust feature
A controlled comparison of Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and Claude Opus 5.5 on one LlamaStash feature, across Claude Code and Pi, at medium and xhigh effort