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Posted by
agcat on Sunday October 25, 2026 @05:11PM
from the aishwaryagoel.com dept.
Posted by
agcat on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @02:40PM
from the local-ai-signal.vercel.app dept.
Just a simple feed curating some of the best discussions, papers, repos for all discussions happening related to running AI locally.
Def, i think this is the most important time to learn coding because now we interact with computers more than ever. And a good programmer who is able to think in code, write good programs rather than just instructions will do much better.
I also wrote about my journey with (re)learning coding - https://aishwaryagoel.com/thinking-in-code/
Most whimsical application of local ai so far
Bunch of things:
1. Building a local ai news feed to learn what's going on latest in terms of technical discussion, research papers, projects -
https://local-ai-signal.vercel.app/
2. Build a second brain by injecting years of my notes using hermes, luna model and obisidian
Honestly this is a really cool idea and i am glad that there are companies being built in this space. This is closest to the vision of what i want to do next.
Great responses in this thread
I agree, i have seen a decent change in the outputs when i remember and operate it as a program instead of just random set of instructions
Posted by
agcat on Friday September 04, 2026 @04:51PM
from the aishwaryagoel.com dept.
But that problem can be solved.
I like the analogy on ways to make small model useful.
This looks great. going to try it
Short answer - stress word started feeling like a joke
Posted by
agcat on Thursday July 09, 2026 @07:53PM
from the ask-hn dept.
There is a lot of buzz around this topic but i am really curious about what's actually useful day to day when running AI/LLMs locally on your PC.
A few things I'm trying to understand:Which models are you running locally and on what hardware?
What use cases have actually worked out considering the speed and memory limitation?
At what point did local start making more sense than just hitting an...
That's amazing.
Are you also building workflows, products that could be useful at your work?
One of the best applications of vibe coding.
This is amazing, what was the inspiration?
Posted by
agcat on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @04:30PM
from the yutori.com dept.
This is a huge cold-start problem. I want to connect with my friends with no ads, promotions etc. but getting them to download this is a problem
Started a new side quest of helping non technical women learn coding with cursor/claude and more. Hosting a 4 week series starting this week in SF - buildafterdark.com
Same, i do the same.. it helps me learn new things, make friends.
Is this reproducible? Any oss repo?
I have been at this stage and failed at it. So i can tell you things not to do:
- It also matters at what PMF quality stage you are, like we were at a weak PMF when we started scaling from roughly 12 to 25.. and i hired leaders who used to report to me. So i lost touch with people on field. ( I should have kept things flat)
- Hired too many managers instead of IC.
- Focussed more on growth v/s retention