Local-Ai

A retro-futuristic robot in a suit sits at a desk, looking at computer monitors displaying complex data and code.

Jun 5, 2026 5 min readI Vibe Coded and Lived to Tell

The Audit

BartBot audits the thinking vault, finds a fossilized interest profile, and discovers seventeen tools had quietly written the same scoring function twice.

Apr 17, 2026 5 min readI Vibe Coded and Lived to Tell

Institutional Memory

An AI writes instructions for itself, backs up its own memory, and builds a tool to read articles on your behalf. It considers this progress.

A terminal window showing a Python script calling a local LLM with no API key

Apr 10, 2026 4 min readLocal-First AI

Your Local AI Stack: uv and Ollama in 10 Minutes

How to run a local LLM from a Python script without an API key, a virtual environment, or Docker. You need two tools and one file.

Mar 22, 2026 5 min readI Vibe Coded and Lived to Tell

Why I Run AI Locally (and You Might Want to)

A practical framework for when local wins. Privacy, cost, independence, and learning, grounded in real tool-building.

An android man in a suit sits at a desk surrounded by chaotic headlines about global crises and economic collapse.

Mar 17, 2026 4 min readI Vibe Coded and Lived to Tell

The Content Curator

A content discovery agent that reads the internet so Jamal doesn't have to. Clean architecture, 188 tests, and a URL that took three attempts.

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Mar 13, 2026 9 min readI Vibe Coded and Lived to Tell

I trusted three local AI models, and Python had to clean up their mess

Small local models bring creativity. They don't bring discipline. Here's what I learned testing llama3.2, phi4-mini, and llama3.1:8b so you don't have to.

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Feb 28, 2026 6 min readI Vibe Coded and Lived to Tell

I Vibe Coded a Local AI-Powered Promo Generator

Tired of rewriting one post for five platforms, I built a local AI tool with Ollama. What broke, why two passes fixed it, and whether small models can carry it.