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• 2026-08-21 :: MTP speculative decoding costs code correctness on two Qwen-lineage models :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #llm, #self-hosted
• 2026-08-21 :: Ornith 1.5 35B A3B on Strix Halo: MTP pays off at n=1, not at the default n=3 :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #hardware, #llm, #self-hosted
• 2026-08-12 :: The small model didn't fabricate. It stopped citing. :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #llm, #self-hosted
• 2026-08-07 :: AMD buys Taalas: etched models, and what it means for local inference :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #hardware, #llm, #self-hosted
• 2026-07-27 :: Poolside says Laguna needs an H200. We ran it on a single H100. :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #hardware, #llm, #self-hosted
• 2026-07-26 :: DeepSeek-V4-Flash on Strix Halo: it runs, and now we know how fast :: #ai, #hardware, #llm, #self-hosted
• 2026-07-26 :: Laguna-S-2.1 on a mini-PC: the honest numbers :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #hardware, #llm, #self-hosted
• 2026-06-18 :: Loop engineering: the term is two weeks old, the practice is over a year old :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #multi-agent, #tools
• 2026-06-18 :: Adding an agent role is more expensive than it looks :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #multi-agent, #research
• 2026-06-15 :: Running an H100 at Trail Openers: what it actually costs in money, energy, and CO₂ :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #hardware, #llm, #self-hosted, #sustainability
• 2026-06-05 :: H100 vs Strix Halo: the gap is bigger than the first benchmark suggested :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #hardware, #llm, #self-hosted, #sustainability
• 2026-05-21 :: Live steering breaks deep focus: notes from three failed pair-coding sessions :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #multi-agent, #tools
• 2026-05-20 :: pi-ensemble: agentic coding that optimizes for quality, not speed :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #open-source, #tools
• 2026-05-20 :: Skills, not features: notes on a methodology that works for one person at a time :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #methodology, #open-source
• 2026-05-13 :: vipune 0.5: agent memory without the agent :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #rust, #tools
• 2026-04-30 :: New Strix Halo? Five things that will cost you hours. :: #ai, #hardware, #llm, #self-hosted
• 2026-04-28 :: You feeling the squeeze yet? :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #cost
• 2026-04-27 :: Feynman: a research agent worth the rough edges :: #ai, #research, #tools
• 2026-04-27 :: System prompts steer. Permissions stop. :: #agentic-ai, #ai, #security
• 2026-04-26 :: BYOT: Bring Your Own Tokens :: #ai, #compliance, #security
• 2026-04-26 :: Hello, world. :: #meta