The Case for Local-First AI: Beyond the OpenAI API
Why I am shifting my automation pipelines away from cloud dependencies and toward local hardware ownership.
Writing about building local-first AI, scalable engineering, and the intersection of code and creativity.
Why I am shifting my automation pipelines away from cloud dependencies and toward local hardware ownership.
A deep dive into why your schema is more important than your UI when building for scalability.
How to apply classroom theory to real-world development without getting lost in the noise.
A practical breakdown of how Astro's island architecture solved problems that SSR frameworks overcomplicate.
How to set up Ollama, pull Llama 3, and build real workflows that don't rely on API calls or cloud providers.
Discriminated unions, branded types, and other patterns that make TypeScript more than just type annotations.
Why schema-first design saves you from infinite migration loops and how to get it right from day one.
How to build a retrieval-augmented generation system that runs entirely on your machine using local models.
The mindset shift from delivering features to building systems, and why it changed how I write code.
Advanced patterns, dark mode strategies, and custom utilities that made my Tailwind workflow significantly faster.
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