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compu-master: A Self-Hosted Research Companion on Local Silicon
How compu-master turns open-ended technical questions into cited study notes using self-hosted search and local vLLM inference—with zero API credits.
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CityBreaker: A 22-City Travel Map on Cloud Run and SQLite
How CityBreaker (citybreaker.co.uk) serves 10,800+ pubs, thermal spas, landmarks, and hotel stays across 22 cities on Google Cloud Run without a standing database bill.
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Stella Academy: Interactive Learning Set Against the Story of Space
Building Stella Academy (stella-academy.org): 31 free interactive lessons for ages 9 to 18 matched to the UK national curriculum, why I dropped the early AI chat tutor, and why human review still matters.
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“Agentic Exposure” Is Not the Same as Agent Engineering
Why experience with the latest agent framework matters less than understanding context, cost, permissions and deterministic execution boundaries.
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The Local Silicon Equation: Why I Keep 128GB of AI Compute in My Office
Why I keep an RTX 4090 and a quiet, 128GB NVIDIA DGX Spark in my small office—and how local hardware creates room to experiment beyond the cloud billing meter.