Lazarus and the Local Model

Finally, in this post, we put our money where our mouth is. We dragged a 2016 enterprise relic out of the closet — NAY, out of the grave, a single Intel Xeon running on agonizingly slow DDR3 RAM with absolutely no GPU to speak of — and forced it to run a

Jun 01 2026 · 1 min

The Coming Local "Good Enough" Models

I don't think it is very hard to predict the exponential rise of INT in large LLMs in the near future, but what about on prem local models and their rise?  Every day I am seeing reports of people able to run decent models on their own M4

May 11 2026 · 2 min

Fallout Season 2

We finished Season 2 for Fallout last week.   SPOILERS ahead, don’t read if you care. —------------------------------------------------------------- Season 2 was pretty solid.  I think we were a few episodes in before my wife asked about a specific character arc and I told her I didn't have an answer because

Apr 22 2026 · 2 min

The Frontier

A 16-year-old with no credentials and no capital could just do things. The world of bits offered the freedom to build without being drowned in arbitrary constraints, in a way that didn’t require assembling vast capital or prestige or connections, where your creativity and work could speak

Apr 12 2026 · 1 min

World of Warcraft by Daniel Lisi ( Boss Fight Books )

I am slowly making my way through the Boss Fight series of books.  I have an affinity for these short form books that tackle one topic and the Boss Fight Books are great, as are the 33 1/3rd book series for music. I finished Daniel Lisi’s World of

May 18 2026

R.F. Kuang

Katabasis

Tuesday nights are always busy at our house. I took my son to his volleyball practice and then to a local card shop where he plays the One Piece Trading Card Game every week. These mini-tournaments can last anywhere from an hour (when he doesn’t do well) to

Jan 21 2026