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A Mac Studio M2 Ultra with 64GB of unified memory, serving open-source models to every machine in the house through an OpenAI-compatible API.
One aging all-in-one, Arch Linux, and a reverse proxy — the always-on box that runs the whole operation.
Ollama, Open WebUI, Stable Diffusion — the tools on the shelf, and the real reason the cloud doesn't get my work.
An install that failed at 5.8GB with bad package reads — and the real culprit was the install medium, not the RAM.
One Lua line in Omarchy's config that kills tiling and makes every window float, centered, macOS-style.
The BCM43602 needs brcmfmac, not broadcom-wl. And the Ethernet that vanished? Unplugged by hand.
The Cirrus Logic CS8409 codec isn't driven by stock drivers — diagnose first, then reach for the community fix.
A hand-extracted tarball creates no .desktop entry. The fix: ~/Apps, a .desktop file, and a Walker restart.
System-wide npm globals get wiped on VM replacement. Install to ~/workspace/.npm-global and keep it on PATH.
The FaceTime HD camera just needed its firmware — one package, and /dev/video* came alive.