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AI that actually works — tested on real tasks, with real numbers.

I'm Nick Blokhin, a software architect with 20+ years of shipping production systems. I test AI models and tools the way you'd actually use them — on real hardware, on real work — and tell you what's worth your time and money, and where it breaks.

A lot of that is AI you run yourself: local models on laptops, mini PCs, gaming GPUs, even a Raspberry Pi. The rest is the models and tools everyone's talking about, tested the same way, without the hype.

What you'll find here:
• Which AI models are actually worth using — local and cloud
• AI on your own hardware: what fits, how fast, what it costs
• AI coding tools in real work: Claude Code, VS Code, Zed
• Honest verdicts: can a free model replace a paid subscription?

One AI signal, one tool, one MVP idea — a practical 5-minute email every week → weekly.blokhin.us

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7:14

A 125B Local Model on a 16GB GPU: Fast, But Is It Smart?

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Shared 6 days ago

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7:03

No Designer, One Prompt: Opus 5.5 Made My Launch Page and Promo Video

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Shared 1 week ago

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10:03

Which Local AI Model Should You Run on a Raspberry Pi 5?

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Shared 1 week ago

31K views

9:44

GPT-6 Sol vs Opus 5.5 — Picking My New Daily Driver

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Shared 2 weeks ago

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9:14

I Built a Scheduler So My Local LLMs Can Share One GPU

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Shared 2 weeks ago

13K views

12:23

The Best Local LLMs You Can Run on a Normal Home Computer

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Shared 3 weeks ago

113K views

2:07

Ornith 1.5 Speed on a MacBook M4 Pro — 9B and 35B

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Shared 1 month ago

15K views

10:31

Qwen 3.8 Locally: How Much Can You Actually Trust It?

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Shared 1 month ago

115K views

9:05

Why I Run 2–4 GB AI Models 24/7

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Shared 1 month ago

395K views

10:16

Gemma 4 12B Coder Tested: Where Small Local Models Break

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Shared 2 months ago

46K views

6:43

Testing Qwen 3.8 on a Real App, Not Benchmarks

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Shared 2 months ago

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9:28

Can a Small Local LLM Actually Build a Useful App?

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Shared 2 months ago

17K views

7:15

GLM 5.2 vs Kimi K2.7 Code — Which Is Better for Coding?

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Shared 3 months ago

15K views

6:39

Testing GLM 5.2 on Easy, Medium, and Hard Coding Tasks

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Shared 3 months ago

21K views

6:34

Getting Started with Hermes Agent — Install, Configure, Run

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Shared 3 months ago

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6:14

Claude Fable 5 Uses 2x the Tokens — Is It Worth It?

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Shared 4 months ago

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3:20

Can Hermes Agent Use Claude Code? (Yes — Here's How)

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Shared 4 months ago

34K views

12:35

Hermes + DeepSeek 4 + MiniMax 2.7: Multi-Model Coding on a ZimaBoard

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Shared 4 months ago

17K views

6:07

Gemini 3.5 Flash First Look — Real Coding Test

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Shared 4 months ago

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3:02

From Gemma 4 Test Task to Real App: Introducing Texodus

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Shared 4 months ago

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10:35

Qwen 3.6 vs Gemma 4: I Built the Same App With Both Locally

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Shared 4 months ago

271K views

9:19

Testing Qwen 3.6 Locally on Easy, Medium, and Hard Coding Tasks

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Shared 5 months ago

160K views

6:26

Zed Editor + Local LLMs: Full Setup Guide with Ollama and LM Studio

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Shared 5 months ago

25K views

3:25

How to Connect DeepSeek v4 to VS Code in 2 Minutes

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Shared 5 months ago

74K views

8:40

DeepSeek v4 + Hermes Agent + ZimaBoard 2: My New AI Coding Setup

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Shared 5 months ago

37K views

8:46

Hermes Agent on Raspberry Pi: Self-Improving AI in Under 8 Minutes

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Shared 5 months ago

52K views

3:19

Claude Opus 4.7 Built My Desktop App From an Empty Folder

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Shared 5 months ago

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6:30

Claude Code + VS Code + Local LLM: The Perfect Dev Setup

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Shared 5 months ago

34K views

8:21

Coding in VS Code with Gemma 4 and Ollama

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Shared 5 months ago

196K views

10:03

How I Use Claude Code with Gemma 4 (Local LLMs, No API Costs)

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Shared 6 months ago

214K views

9:09

Gemma 4 on Raspberry Pi 5: A Surprisingly Usable Local AI Setup

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Shared 6 months ago

404K views

8:14

Gemma 4 - I Tested it on My Laptop and Desktop

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Shared 6 months ago

217K views

2:14

I Ran a 48GB AI Coding Model Locally — Here's How Fast It Actually Is

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Shared 6 months ago

5.2K views

8:19

Nemotron 3 Super: Can an 83GB Model Run on 16GB VRAM?

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Shared 6 months ago

22K views

8:31

Qwen Coder Next Locally: Can It Replace Paid AI Models?

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Shared 6 months ago

97K views

2:14

Rust vs Nim vs C: How Big Is Your Hello World?

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Shared 6 months ago

4.9K views

9:19

Qwen 3.5 Locally: Can It Replace Paid AI Models?

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Shared 6 months ago

165K views

4:51

Password Manager Devlog #2: Database Decryption, Entries & Saving

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Shared 6 months ago

973 views

8:23

Why I Decided to Build My Own Password Manager

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Shared 7 months ago

1.7K views

9:27

Choosing a New Color Theme for Zed Editor

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Shared 7 months ago

5.8K views

5:46

Run AI Models Locally for FREE - Simple 3-Step Guide (Ollama Tutorial)

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Shared 8 months ago

2.6K views

10:03

7 MCP Servers That Turn AI Into a Real Developer Assistant

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Shared 8 months ago

3.1K views

8:40

What is MCP? (And Why You Must Start Using It)

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Shared 8 months ago

865 views

3:33

3 Ways to Backup All Your GitHub Repositories

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Shared 9 months ago

1.6K views

5:31

I Tested Google Antigravity’s Browser Control — How It Works

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Shared 9 months ago

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4:36

Google Antigravity: Can It Replace VS Code?

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Shared 9 months ago

24K views

8:57

Google Antigravity Explained: Complete Beginner Tutorial to Get Started Fast

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Shared 9 months ago

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6:00

Zed Live Server: The BEST Way to Run Live Reload in Zed

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Shared 10 months ago

4.1K views

8:54

LM Studio Tutorial & Review – The Best Way to Run AI Locally

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Shared 11 months ago

28K views

3:51

How I Use Two 4K Monitors on a MacBook — With Just One Cable

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Shared 11 months ago

52K views

7:52

Zed Editor for Windows: Web Dev & AI Setup Guide

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Shared 11 months ago

14K views

5:13

VS Code vs Zed. My Choice

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Shared 11 months ago

108K views

8:42

How to Get a Free MongoDB Database in the Cloud — Step-by-Step Setup

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Shared 11 months ago

11K views

9:36

My Zed Code Editor Config Explained (Line by Line)

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Shared 1 year ago

45K views