Weekly Node Sweep: First Signals from the Local-First Frontier
A weekly rollup of the strongest signals from the Nodehome sweep system: model releases, local inference infra, hardware notes, and where the local-first scene is actually moving.
Independent publication // local-first AI // field reports from owned systems
Nodehome
A running publication about local models, private inference, self-hosted agents, weird hardware, research sweeps, and the builders wiring their own AI stack together.
AI is getting physical again. It shows up in terminals, racks, side projects, and ugly little workflows people actually control.
Latest
live publication feedAI Agent Traps for Local Research Systems
How trap categories from current agent research map onto local knowledge pipelines, autonomous sweeps, and builder workflows.
Field Reports
builds, experiments, notesKarpathy Research Dossier
A structured dossier on Andrej Karpathy's current projects, vocabulary, workflows, and the ideas shaping the local AI builder ecosystem.
Sovereign Node v1.0 Build and Configuration Guide
A real-world multi-GPU rack build guide covering BIOS settings, Linux/NVIDIA setup, multi-GPU inference, and the gotchas that actually matter.
Hardware
machines, thermals, economicsRTX 3090 Blower Market Intel, April 2026
Real market pricing, scam patterns, seller behavior, and what actually matters when sourcing blower 3090s for dense local inference builds.
GPU Architecture Comparison for Local AI Builders
A practical comparison of 3090s, 4090s, 5090s, A100s, and H100s through the lens of local inference, not data center marketing.