RRobert Degallan·4d agoAlibaba + unknown European IT company are cooking something that could crush AI GoliathsAlibaba's Qwen4-27B model (David) and Amadeus' CoDoc (the rock) standard could tremble the AI Goliaths by providing a small local brain with context.3 min read·robertdegallan.hashnode.dev1
DDragos Roua·Oct 31[ Video ] Testing Apple Intelligence on my 16GB MacBook ProI tested the Apple Intelligence model Apple ships with its default install, by actually chatting with it. One of the fastest models so far.2 min read·dragosroua.hashnode.dev
DDragos Roua·Oct 8[ Video ] Running Liquid AI LFM V2.5 on my 16 GB MacBookProThe 4th video in the series about what models can you realistically run on a 16GB MacoBook tests Liquid AI LFM 2.5. A solid model.2 min read·dragosroua.hashnode.dev
DDragos Roua·Sep 30[Video] Running Xiaomi MiMo V2.6 Qwen 9b Distill on a 16GB MBPThis week I'm testing Xiaomi MiMo V2.6, Qwen 9b distill, on a 16GB M1 MacBookPro. It works good enough for text generation and light coding3 min read·dragosroua.hashnode.dev
DDragos Roua·Sep 25[Video] Running Google Gemma 4 E4B on my 16GB MacBookProThis week I'm testing Google Gemma 4 E4B on a 16GB M1 MacBookPro. It works surprisingly well for text generation and even light coding.2 min read·dragosroua.hashnode.dev
DDragos Roua·Sep 17What Open Weights Models Can You Realistically Run on a Medium Laptop (September 2026)?Open source AI is here to stay, so let's see what open weights models you can realistically run on a medium laptop as of September 2026.3 min read·dragosroua.hashnode.dev
Mmamonu·Sep 10Running Large MoE LLMs on Modest Hardware with FreeTokenA new open-source inference engine designed to run MoE models on hardware that doesn't have enough VRAM to hold them15 min read·mamonu.hashnode.dev
Mmamonu·Sep 9Using a mac mini (2012) for LLM inference with KoboldCpp or... "necessity is the mother of invention"24 min read·mamonu.hashnode.dev1Y
Mmamonu·Aug 23Turning a Dell OptiPlex 7060 SFF into a Cheap Local AI Inference BoxAn RTX A1000, two NVMe drives and a little airflow turn an old office PC into a surprisingly useful AI server.12 min read·mamonu.hashnode.dev1
MMinox·Jul 17OpenClaw - What it does, Who’s it for, What’s requiredOpenClaw is a personal AI assistant that runs on your laptop and actually gets things done.4 min read·personalaiassistant.hashnode.dev
