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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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Windsurf: Keeping the editor quiet until you ask for help
A field-tested take on keeping the editor quiet until you ask for help with Windsurf: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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M1, M2, M3, M4, M5: Does It Still Make Sense to Chase a New Mac Every Year?
Analyze whether annual Mac upgrades still make sense in the Apple Silicon era. Explore the diminishing returns from M1 to M5 and discover the optimal.
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How China Built a Parallel Internet (And Why It's Actually Better for AI)
China's internet isolation forced the creation of massive Chinese-language datasets that Western companies lack, creating unexpected AI training advantages nobody planned for.
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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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Cursor: Composer runs that land a feature in a single reviewable diff
A field-tested take on composer runs that land a feature in a single reviewable diff with Cursor: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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Why Traditional Apps Will Soon Be a Thing of the Past
Explore why traditional single-purpose apps are dying. AI agents, superapps, and voice interfaces are converging to replace the app model we've known for.
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The Biggest Lie in Tech Is Being Told Again, Louder Than Ever
From Facebook's 'connecting the world' to AI's 'democratizing intelligence' — tech's democratization promise always becomes centralization. Here's why it's structural.
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Run Stable Diffusion on Your Mac — No Cloud, No Limits, No Cost
How to run Stable Diffusion and Flux locally on Apple Silicon with Draw Things and ComfyUI. Real generation times per chip, unified memory advantages, LoRAs, and an honest comparison with Midjourney.
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Google Gemini: Using Gemini CLI as glue between Cloud Run and your local repo
A field-tested take on using Gemini CLI as glue between Cloud Run and your local repo with Google Gemini: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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Minimalist Digital Life: How I Reduced My Apps by 80%
A personal account of radical digital decluttering. Learn how reducing apps by 80% transformed productivity, focus, and peace of mind—and how you can do it too.
