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porokkaApr 13, 2026 • 9 min read
I Built a Local AI Operating System Over Easter Weekend
RTX 3090, WSL2, Ollama, ReAct agent loop, 20 skills. The hard part wasn't the AI. I've been doin...
#ollama#ai#python#agents
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Igor Gridel5d ago • 5 min read
How to Set Up a Free Coding Agent on Your Machine in 10 Minutes
You don't need a $20/month subscription to have a coding agent. Here's the setup I'd use if I didn't...
#ai#opencode#ollama#opensource
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Kunal2d ago • 7 min read
Portable LLM on a USB Stick: I Built Offline AI That Runs Anywhere [2026 Guide]
I built a fully portable LLM setup on a USB drive that runs offline on any laptop — no internet, no ...
#localllm#privacy#ollama#selfhosted
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Vladimir DesyatovApr 13, 2026 • 4 min read
Your AI Should Sleep: How We Built a Night Cycle for a Companion Robot
We gave our local AI a sleep mode. It processes daily experiences, finds hidden patterns, makes pred...
#ai#ollama#machinelearning#opensource
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Alex McHugh1d ago • 4 min read
How I built an open source visual QA tool after every AI agent I tried failed
I had a test spec to run against a web app. A couple of dozen test cases covering login, navigation,...
#ollama#qualityassurance#playwright#opensource
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Brian Spann1d ago • 8 min read
Running Ollama on Azure Container Apps
Running Ollama on Azure Container Apps Part 2 of "Running LLMs & Agents on Azure...
#azure#ai#ollama#containers
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Simon Paxton5d ago • 7 min read
Local AI Node on Xiaomi 12 Pro Needs Cooling, Battery Discipline
A local AI node is usually imagined as a tiny PC, a used workstation, or a Raspberry Pi that...
#ollama#localai#gemma#xiaomi
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Ben Racicot6d ago • 3 min read
Adding Voice to Ollama on Mac: The 3-Model Chain
Ollama runs language models. It doesn't listen or speak. Here's how to chain STT + LLM + TTS for loc...
#ollama#ai#macos#machinelearning
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Ben Racicot6d ago • 3 min read
Ollama Chat Without Docker: Native Mac Alternatives to Open WebUI
Open WebUI needs Docker, eating 2-4GB of RAM before you load a model. Here are the native alternativ...
#ollama#macos#docker#ai
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Ben Racicot6d ago • 3 min read
Ollama Pipelines on Mac: Chain Models Without Writing Glue Code
Ollama runs one model at a time. Here's how to chain models visually - transcribe, summarize, transl...
#ollama#ai#macos#workflow
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Ben Racicot6d ago • 3 min read
Using LLaVA With Ollama on Mac - Without the Base64 Encoding
Ollama supports vision models like LLaVA and Gemma 3. Using them means base64 curl commands. There's...
#ollama#ai#computervision#macos
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Jedsadakorn Suma3d ago • 1 min read
Self-host Open WebUI + Ollama in production — the config nobody writes about
Open WebUI's quickstart is great for local dev. One command, it's running. But putting it on a real....
#selfhosted#docker#ollama#opensource
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ppcvote4d ago • 6 min read
The Free Tier Wars 2026: Gemini vs Claude vs Ollama — Which One Actually Saves You Money?
We ran Gemini free tier, Claude Pro, and Ollama local inference in parallel for 90 days. Here's the ...
#aicost#ai#claude#ollama
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Pooya Golchian2d ago • 6 min read
Ollama Cloud Pricing & Hardware Requirements 2026: The Complete Guide
Ollama Cloud pricing tiers, hardware requirements per model size, and the exact request volume where...
#ollama#localai#llm#pricing
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Mehdi Hassan Jony4d ago • 1 min read
Most developers rely on cloud AI tools. I switched to running AI locally using Ollama.
No API cost. No latency. No data exposure. I use it daily for: code generation debugging SQL...
#ollama#llms#node
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brian austin4d ago • 4 min read
Why I stopped running local AI (Ollama, LM Studio) and switched to a $2/month API
Why I stopped running local AI (Ollama, LM Studio) and switched to a $2/month API I spent...
#ollama#ai#productivity#webdev
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Ben Racicot6d ago • 2 min read
Fix Ollama CORS Errors on Mac: One Environment Variable
Ollama blocks browser connections by default. Here's the one-line fix, why it happens, and how to ve...
#ollama#macos#webdev#ai
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