Autonomous systems and web frontiers: models, tools and the hardware around them. 5 stories
Solo builders must choose between open-weight models and closed hosted platforms. A practical guide to lock-in, licensing and the exit plan you should write before you start.
Tech & AIOpen-weight vision-language models are getting good enough to run on ordinary laptops and phones. Here is what that means, and how to test the claims yourself.
Tech & AIField notes on compact recording setups for reporters and podcasters: the gear categories that matter, hotel-room acoustics and the backup habits that save interviews.
Tech & AIAn illustrative feature on creative teams that stop prompting generic image tools and train small private models on their own archives, with consent and house style at the centre.
Tech & AISmall models that run on your own machine against giant hosted systems: a decision framework for drafting, editing and moodboarding, without hype or invented numbers.
