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Useful things to do with an AI model that runs offline on your computer
Use local models for offline notes cleanup, private contract extraction, and sensitive rewrites. Keep temperature low for facts, chunk long docs, and leave confidential text off cloud tabs.
- SQL · November 10, 2024 · 14 min read
SQL Tutorial 13: Strategies for Maintenance and Optimization
Keep databases healthy over time with backups you can restore, slow query awareness, stats and vacuum concepts, access grants, and on-call hygiene. Close the SQL series with a full path recap and next learning links.
- Analytics · September 6, 2026 · 12 min read
A/B tests intuition for analysts
A/B tests need a clear unit, a primary metric, and honest peeking rules. A green checkmark with +3.2% lift can still be calendar-driven science if you stop early.
- Models · November 4, 2026 · 13 min read
What is Qwen-Coder? Alibaba’s AI models for writing code
Pick Qwen-Coder for real refactors, keep agents in a sandbox, and run dialect tests before merge. General chat fluency is not a substitute for execution.
- Data work · September 11, 2026 · 13 min read
When to stop prompting an AI chatbot and do the task yourself
Prompting has a clock. When facts, feeling, or your signature matter, close the chat and do the task yourself.
