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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.

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AI is getting physical again. It shows up in terminals, racks, side projects, and ugly little workflows people actually control.

Latest

Daily Sweep - Jun 17, 2026

v0.30.9

Ollama release - check for model support, multi-GPU, and compatibility.

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Simon Willison signal - surfaces practical patterns before they spread.

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Simon Willison signal - surfaces practical patterns before they spread.

Field Reports

builds, experiments, notes

Gemma 4 12B And The Sensory Agent Lane

A public-safe read on Gemma 4 12B as a local sensory preprocessor: useful for seeing, hearing, and structuring observations without turning into an action system.

Hardware

machines, thermals, economics