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Lite Guardrails for Local Apps (Regex, Schemas, Functions)

Lite Guardrails for Local Apps (Regex, Schemas, Functions)

  • Post author:Filip Lapiński
  • Post published:January 4, 2026
  • Post category:Local & Edge AI

Practical Guide to Lite Guardrails for LLM Apps Implement lightweight guardrails that reduce harmful outputs, keep user intent intact, and integrate smooth

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Troubleshooting Local LLMs: RAM, VRAM, & Disk Gotchas

Troubleshooting Local LLMs: RAM, VRAM, & Disk Gotchas

  • Post author:Filip Lapiński
  • Post published:December 27, 2025
  • Post category:Local & Edge AI

Memory and IO Troubleshooting for Large Language Model Deployments Practical steps to diagnose and fix RAM, VRAM, and disk IO bottlenecks so your LLMs run

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Cost Modeling: Cloud API vs. Running Locally

Cost Modeling: Cloud API vs. Running Locally

  • Post author:Filip Lapiński
  • Post published:December 17, 2025
  • Post category:Local & Edge AI

How to Estimate Costs for Cloud API vs Local LLM Hosting Compare cloud API and local LLM hosting costs, identify hidden expenses, and pick the right approa

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Local Image Captioning: Automate Your Photo Library

Local Image Captioning: Automate Your Photo Library

  • Post author:Filip Lapiński
  • Post published:December 6, 2025
  • Post category:Local & Edge AI

How to Add Image Search to Your Product Catalog Add image search to your catalog to boost discoverability and conversion. Follow this practical guide to pl

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Text to Speech Offline: Building a Private Voice Assistant

Text to Speech Offline: Building a Private Voice Assistant

  • Post author:Filip Lapiński
  • Post published:November 23, 2025
  • Post category:Local & Edge AI

Build an Offline Private Voice Assistant: ASR, TTS, Wake Word, and Local NLU Create a private, offline voice assistant with open-source ASR/TTS, local NLU,

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Edge AI on Raspberry Pi: Practical Use Cases

Edge AI on Raspberry Pi: Practical Use Cases

  • Post author:Filip Lapiński
  • Post published:November 11, 2025
  • Post category:Local & Edge AI

Edge AI on Raspberry Pi: When and How to Deploy Efficient On-Device Intelligence Decide if Edge AI on Raspberry Pi fits your project, pick hardware and sof

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Batching and Caching for Faster Local Inference

Batching and Caching for Faster Local Inference

  • Post author:Filip Lapiński
  • Post published:October 29, 2025
  • Post category:Local & Edge AI

Practical Strategies to Improve High-Throughput API Performance Boost API throughput while reducing latency and cost: clear goals, batching, caching, and m

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Private AI: Keep Data Local Without Losing Convenience

Private AI: Keep Data Local Without Losing Convenience

  • Post author:Filip Lapiński
  • Post published:October 17, 2025
  • Post category:Local & Edge AI

Privacy-First LLMs: Designing On-Device and Hybrid Architectures Build useful LLM features without exposing sensitive data — practical architecture choices

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Quantization in Plain English: 8‑bit, 4‑bit, and What You Lose

Quantization in Plain English: 8‑bit, 4‑bit, and What You Lose

  • Post author:Filip Lapiński
  • Post published:October 5, 2025
  • Post category:Local & Edge AI

Model Quantization Explained: Why It Matters and How to Do It Right Reduce model size and latency with safe quantization—learn trade-offs, methods, validat

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GPU vs. CPU vs. NPU: What Matters for Local Models

GPU vs. CPU vs. NPU: What Matters for Local Models

  • Post author:Filip Lapiński
  • Post published:September 22, 2025
  • Post category:Local & Edge AI

Choosing Hardware for On-Device Inference: GPU, CPU, or NPU? Decide the right on-device inference hardware to meet latency, throughput, and power goals — p

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