Local AI vs. Cloud AI: When to Use Each (And Why It’s Not an Either/Or)
A practical framework for choosing between local AI models and cloud APIs — cost, privacy, latency, and reliability compared. When to use Ollama and when to use Claude.
How I Manage Credentials and Memory for an AI Agent (Without Losing My Mind)
Managing API keys, passwords, and persistent memory for a self-hosted AI agent without security nightmares — macOS Keychain, LanceDB, and structured markdown files working together.
We Built an AI Publishing Pipeline in One Afternoon (Here’s What Actually Happened)
How we wired together an AI agent, markdown, WordPress WP-CLI, and Nextcloud into a complete publishing pipeline in one afternoon — plus what surprised us along the way.
Three AI Governance Failures I’ve Seen (And How to Prevent Them)
Three real AI governance failures — prompt injection, data leakage, and unchecked automation — and the practical policies that prevent them. Essential reading for teams deploying AI in organizations.
Connecting AI to My Hosting Account (What Broke and What We Learned)
A first-hand account of wiring up an AI agent to a shared hosting account — the auth failures, file permission errors, and SSH gotchas we hit on day one. What broke and how we fixed it.