Getting Started with Local AI: A Coding Stack That Runs on Your Own Hardware
For the past couple of weeks I have done real coding on a model running entirely on my own GPUs. Here is the hardware, the model, and what every parameter actually does.
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For the past couple of weeks I have done real coding on a model running entirely on my own GPUs. Here is the hardware, the model, and what every parameter actually does.
Business websites with proper structured data get seen more often, understood more clearly, and trusted more readily. Yet nearly a quarter of all websites have none at all.
Becoming my own registered agent and using Claude Code to manage the paperwork saved money, but the real win is owning my business records in a system I control and can search.
How I used Claude Code to turn a confusing insurance denial into a clear, organized answer -- and why I'm building an AI-managed insurance filing system for everything.
Replacing a $150/month accounting platform with open-source tools and AI revealed something bigger: the build-vs-buy calculus has shifted, and most of us have not caught up.
A fine art printing company in Kent, WA was drowning in rework and backlog. The constraint was obvious once we looked: the graphic artist was doing every job twice. A pre-flight checklist and a simple scheduling change fixed it.
Every business has one thing that limits how much it can get done. Find that one thing, fix it, and everything improves. Fix anything else, and nothing changes. A practical guide for small business owners.
A baker named Rachel thinks she has two bad options: raise prices and lose customers, or hold prices and lose her business. She has neither. This is how the Evaporating Cloud works.
You invested in a professional website. It gets traffic. It looks right. But the phone barely rings. The problem is not the website. It is what the website is saying.
You built a practice around work you love. Now it is full, and somehow that is the problem. A guide for wellness practitioners who want their business to work better without losing what made it worth building.
A working workflow for small business owners who know they should be posting online but never get around to it.
How connecting your Google Business Profile to your website structured data helps both AI search engines and traditional search understand who you actually are.
A small business owner's account of running a complete SEO audit with an AI coding agent in one session, fixing every issue the same afternoon, and what it means for the $80 billion SEO industry.
The math is clear: 12 genuine advocates beat 500 LinkedIn connections. A Kirkland business owner explains why three-way email intros actually convert.
A small business owner's account of automating tax preparation with AI coding agents, and what it suggests about the near future of knowledge work.