Local & Self-Hosted AI

Best Web UIs for Managing Local AI Assistants

Choosing the best local AI web UI is a privacy audit first — bind address, authentication and conversation storage — then four classes of interface compared.

October 1, 20265 min read

VRAM Optimization for Local AI: Offload, Quantization and Context

VRAM optimization for local AI beyond quantization — context length as a free lever, quantizing the cache, tuning layer offload and housekeeping that reclaims GBs.

September 30, 20264 min read

Local & Self-Hosted AI

Local AI Cost Modeling: When Self-Hosting Beats Per-Token Pricing

Local AI cost modeling with real arithmetic — what a self-hosted card costs per year, what hosted costs per request, and where the break-even actually falls.

September 29, 20264 min read

Local & Self-Hosted AI

How to Run Local LLMs on an RTX 5080: Setup and VRAM Limits

Running local LLMs on an RTX 5080 means working inside 16GB of GDDR7 — what fits, why memory not cores is the limit, and the offload speed cliff to avoid.

September 29, 20265 min read

Local & Self-Hosted AI

Local AI vs Cloud AI: Privacy, Cost and Capability

Local AI vs cloud AI on four axes — data residency, capability, cost shape and upkeep. Why inflated GPU memory prices moved the cost crossover.

August 27, 20265 min read

Local & Self-Hosted AI

Run a local language model with Ollama: a privacy-first setup checklist

A careful Ollama setup for macOS, Windows or Linux, with model selection, local API checks, data boundaries and removal steps.

August 13, 20266 min read