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Sleep Framework: A New Way For Llms To Retain Knowledge In Continual Learning
Sleep Framework: A New Way For LLMs To Retain Knowledge In Continual Learning Welcome back to the blog! If you’ve been hanging around the local AI scene for a while, you already know that running Large Language Models (LLMs) on your own homelab hardware is incredibly rewarding. But let’s be real: it can also be incredibly frustrating when you try to teach your model something new. ...
F2Fs Adds Opt-In Multi-Grain Timestamps With Linux 7.4, Other Improvements
F2FS Adds Opt-In Multi-Grain Timestamps With Linux 7.4, Other Improvements Welcome back to Self-Hosted Tech! If you’re anything like me, you probably spend a lot of time thinking about compute power—whether that’s spinning up a new local AI model in a Docker container or squeezing a few more transcoders out of your media server. But today, we need to talk about the unsung hero of the homelab: storage. ...
Ntfs3 Hardened In Linux 7.4 Against Corrupted Or Maliciously-Crafted Ntfs Volumes
Ntfs3 Hardened In Linux 7.4 Against Corrupted Or Maliciously-Crafted Ntfs Volumes Welcome back to Self-Hosted Tech! If you’re running a homelab, chances are you don’t live in a pure Linux bubble. Most of us have a mixed environment. You might have a Windows gaming PC, a laptop that dual-boots, or external USB hard drives that were formatted in Windows years ago and are now being repurposed for your local AI datasets or media server. ...
Microsoft Maia 300 Shown At Ocp 2026
Microsoft Maia 300 Shown At OCP 2026: What It Means for Local AI and Homelabs Hey folks, welcome back to Self-Hosted Tech. If you’ve been following the homelab and local AI scenes lately, you know that hardware releases have been moving at breakneck speed. But every once in a while, something drops that makes us sit up, spill our coffee, and rethink our entire server rack. ...
Mesa 27.0 Switching To Kraid Compiler By Default For Arm Mali Gpus
Mesa 27.0 Switches To Kraid Compiler By Default For Arm Mali GPUs: What It Means For Your Homelab Hey folks, welcome back to Self-Hosted Tech. If you are anything like me, your homelab is a mix of beefy x86 servers, a few mini PCs, and a healthy shelf of Single Board Computers (SBCs) like the Orange Pi 5, Rock 5B, or Le Potato. For years, these Arm-based SBCs have been the backbone of lightweight self-hosted services, but when it comes to utilizing their built-in Arm Mali GPUs for anything other than pushing pixels to a display, things have been a bit… bumpy. ...
Openai And Anthropic Cut Their Llm Prices By Up To 80% Within A Few Months. Why
Why OpenAI and Anthropic Slashed Their LLM Prices by Up to 80% (And What It Means for Your Homelab) If you’ve been keeping an eye on the AI space over the last few months, you might have noticed something shocking happening to the price tags of the world’s most popular Large Language Models (LLMs). OpenAI and Anthropic have engaged in a aggressive price-slashing war, cutting the cost of accessing their models by up to 80% in a matter of months. ...
America Has Lost 200K Of Jobs In Media, Film And The Arts. How Much Is Ai
America Has Lost 200K Of Jobs In Media, Film And The Arts. How Much Is AI If you’ve been keeping an eye on the news lately, you’ve probably seen the headline: America has lost roughly 200,000 jobs in media, film, and the arts over the last few years. It’s a staggering number. For a lot of us, it feels like a gut punch. The creative industries—traditionally seen as uniquely human domains—are shrinking. ...
Amd Gaia 0.25 Brings Several Improvements For Local Ai Agents On Ryzen Ai
AMD Gaia 0.25 Brings Several Improvements For Local Ai Agents On Ryzen Ai If you’ve been hanging around the homelab and self-hosting community lately, you already know that local AI is having a massive moment. We’re moving past the days of needing massive, power-hungry GPU clusters just to run a moderately sized large language model (LLM). Instead, the focus has shifted toward efficiency, privacy, and running intelligent agents right on our local hardware. ...
Ai Helping To Improve Linux'S Amd Zen Cpu Microarchitecture Detection
AI Helping To Improve Linux’s AMD Zen CPU Microarchitecture Detection Welcome back to the blog! If you’re a regular around here, you already know that we love squeezing every last drop of performance out of our homelab servers. Whether you’re running a Proxmox cluster in your closet, self-hosting a media server, or spinning up local Large Language Models (LLMs) to keep your data private, your CPU is the beating heart of your setup. ...
How Commerce.Com And Cloudflare Are Getting Storefronts Ready For Ai Agents
How Commerce.com And Cloudflare Are Getting Storefronts Ready For AI Agents Welcome back to the blog! If you’ve been running a homelab for any amount of time, you already know that the internet is shifting beneath our feet. We’ve spent the last two decades building beautiful, interactive web UIs for humans to click, scroll, and buy. But what happens when the “user” browsing your favorite online store isn’t a human at all, but an AI agent running on a server rack in someone’s basement? ...