Tag: ollama
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The Raycast AI Workflow That Replaced 5 Mac Apps for Me
How Raycast AI replaced DeepL, Grammarly, TextExpander, a dictionary app, and a summarizer on macOS. Setup walkthrough for custom AI Commands with exact prompts, plus local Ollama integration.
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Apple Intelligence vs. Local LLMs — What Apple Doesn't Tell You
An honest comparison of Apple Intelligence and self-hosted local LLMs on Mac. What runs on-device vs Private Cloud Compute, the 3B model's hard limits, and when to run your own models with Ollama instead.
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Your Mac Can Summarize Any YouTube Video in 30 Seconds
Summarize any YouTube video locally on your Mac with yt-dlp, Whisper, and Ollama. Includes a copy-paste shell script, no-code alternatives with Raycast and Shortcuts, and honest timing benchmarks.
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The AI Coding Setup That Made Me 3x Faster on My MacBook
My complete AI coding setup on macOS with Claude Code, Cursor, and Ollama plus Continue for offline autocomplete. An honest breakdown of where the 3x speedup comes from and where AI slows you down.
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I Built a Private ChatGPT for My Family on a Mac Mini
How to build a private family ChatGPT alternative with Ollama and Open WebUI on a Mac Mini. Multi-user accounts, iPhone access, Tailscale remote access, and real power consumption numbers.
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Local LLMs with Ollama: Keeping a small local model honest with tight prompts
A field-tested take on keeping a small local model honest with tight prompts with Local LLMs with Ollama: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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Your Mac Is a Local AI Supercomputer You're Using at 10% Capacity
How to run local LLMs on Apple Silicon with Ollama. Unified memory explained, which model size fits your RAM, realistic tokens per second on M-series Pro, Max, and Ultra chips, plus a 15-minute setup checklist.
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Local LLMs with Ollama: Picking a local model for the specific task, not for the benchmark
A field-tested take on picking a local model for the specific task, not for the benchmark with Local LLMs with Ollama: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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Local LLMs with Ollama: Sunday-afternoon project: your own code reviewer that runs offline
A field-tested take on a Sunday-afternoon project: your own code reviewer that runs offline with Local LLMs with Ollama: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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Local LLMs with Ollama: Quantisation choices that actually matter for code
A field-tested take on quantisation choices that actually matter for code with Local LLMs with Ollama: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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Local LLMs with Ollama: RAG over internal docs without handing them to a third party
A field-tested take on RAG over internal docs without handing them to a third party with Local LLMs with Ollama: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
