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The AI home lab story
How a manageable mess of manual builds became a local-first agentic setup, and the one lesson that mattered: don't fight the operating system, containerise the complexity.
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Intelligence augmentation, on my own hardware
I'm an avid supporter of AI and of AI education. It is a powerful tool, and like every tool it can be a weapon in the wrong hands, so I use it as a force multiplier for learning and coding and never follow it blindly. Verify everything.
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AI education and empowerment
Demystifying AI, from black box to force multiplier, with simple repeatable guides.
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Prompting for students
A five-part framework (Context, Role, Example, Action, Mindset) and a multi-turn habit for getting real answers.
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AI safety and data discipline
A red, yellow and green rule for what may be shared with which AI.
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Running models locally
Setup notes for running language models on consumer hardware.
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The PACE Plan
Plan for the day it breaks.
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About
Who I am and what I believe.
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Home Lab
Where the AI stack lives.
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Knowledge Base
How-tos and tricks.