Run It
Running models day to day - Ollama, Open WebUI, RAG, coding assistants.
Getting a Proper Chat Interface Running
Install Open WebUI so you get a real, ChatGPT-style interface for your local models instead of a bare terminal.
15 min readChoosing Your First Model
Parameter count, quantization, and picking a model that actually matches your hardware instead of just grabbing the biggest name you've heard of.
14 min readTalking to Your Own Documents with RAG
Set up retrieval-augmented generation in Open WebUI so your local model can answer questions using your own files, not just what it was trained on.
15 min readUsing a Local Model as a Coding Assistant
Connect Ollama to VS Code with the Continue extension so you get AI coding help that never sends your code anywhere.
15 min readTurning Your Local Model Into an Always-On Bot with OpenClaw
Connect OpenClaw, a self-hosted AI agent framework, to your local Ollama models so you get a persistent assistant in Discord or Telegram, not just a browser tab.
14 min read