I've been writing posts here about getting set up with local AI, agents, harnesses, and what I've done with them. It's fun, and it stretches my computer legs in a way they haven't been stretched recently. But I can't shake this nagging feeling that it's all a colossal waste of time, because everything's moving so... Continue Reading →
Building My Personal AI Research Assistant: What I’ve Done So Far
I've been spending the last few weeks setting up Hermes Agent as a personal research assistant, and it's gone from "chatbot I talk to on Telegram" to "actually useful thing that does stuff" pretty quickly. Thought it was worth documenting what we've achieved so far, because some of it's genuinely useful and I suspect other... Continue Reading →
Beholder Vision Desktop
I reviewed Beholder Vision back in 2022, and then it was a web-based service, where you upload your photos, it produces a model, and you then download it. That service is still available, but Beholder have now released a desktop version. Best of all, it’s complete free for personal use. It’s technically ad-supported, though so... Continue Reading →