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Stuff I did for myself that you might find interesting.

Accelerate Tomorrow AI Summit 2026 — My Notes

My notes from the Accelerate Tomorrow AI Summit 2026 in Berlin: cross-cutting themes plus Day 1 and Day 2 write-ups of the keynotes, read through a "what should a small company actually do" lens.

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A Private LLM Your Clients Can Trust With Their Secrets

Two reports on running a private LLM over confidential material while staying legally defensible: a business assessment of on-prem vs. single-tenant rental vs. managed cloud against the "reasonable steps" test, and a technical reference architecture (threat model, VRAM sizing, hardening, control-to-law mapping). Built from public sources; not legal advice.

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Ants vs. Humans: The Asymmetric Couch-Moving Puzzle

An interactive explainer of the 2025 PNAS study on cooperative puzzle-solving in ants versus humans. Steer the piano-mover's block as a lone human, an ant swarm, or a silent crowd — and find out who wins.

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From macOS to Linux on an Intel MacBook

A real-world guide to moving an Intel MacBook from macOS to Linux: identify your model, weigh the risks, and follow per-hardware install paths (no-Touch-Bar, T1, T2) — plus what migration actually feels like and how to roll back.

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The Memphis Compute Corridor: xAI Colossus Infrastructure Audit

A fact-dense audit of xAI's Colossus supercomputer campuses in Memphis and Southaven — grid load, on-site gas turbines, the EPA permitting fight, water-recycling loops, environmental-justice impact, and the Clean Air Act litigation. Sourced from utility filings, court records, and public reporting.

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How Nextcloud External Apps Work

A two-part technical explainer of Nextcloud's External App (ExApp) architecture: the AppAPI manifest contract, the HaRP reverse tunnel, per-route access levels and the app-auth shared secret, what a minimal Python ExApp looks like — then an access-control framework for Talk recordings. Sourced from public repos at pinned commits.

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