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Building a Local OCR API for Kenyan ID Extraction
A practical walkthrough for running PP-OCRv6 locally, adding a small LoRA-tuned understanding model, and deciding when that beats …
Set Up Codex Routines
A practical guide to running recurring Codex jobs through the Mattermost bridge with schedules, state files, run receipts, and …
Put Codex Behind Mattermost, Then Stop Overbuilding It
A practical way to run Mattermost on a small server, expose it safely, and use the mobile app as a chat interface to a local Codex …
The Laptop Wasn't Slow. The Screen Was Lying.
A powerful Dell laptop made a fresh Ubuntu install feel broken. The usual checks said everything was fine. They were wrong. The …
Bumblebee Finds the Risk. The UI Makes You Care.
Supply-chain scanners should not bury local endpoint risk in raw JSON. Bumblebee has the engine; this UI turns the scan into …
Your AI Coding Agent Deserves a Real Review Desk
AI coding agents do real repository work. They deserve review desks, not cramped chat boxes. This is the product shape behind a …