Why your AI stack gets stickier every month.
Every API call feels like a simple transaction - until enough of them accumulate that your fine-tuning data, evaluation harnesses, and tool schemas are all shaped around one vendor, and switching stops being a routing change.
AI GPU comparison across three vendors
The AI hardware landscape has shifted significantly in 2026, with NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel all competing for developers who need GPUs capable of running local large language models and AI inference workloads.
MTP vs standard decoding on RTX 4080 — real benchmarks
I tested Speculative decoding (Multi-Token Prediction, MTP) performance in Qwen 3.6 27B and 35B on an RTX 4080 with 16 GB VRAM.
llama.cpp token speed on 16 GB VRAM (tables).
Here I am comparing speed of several LLMs running on GPU with 16GB of VRAM, and choosing the best one for self-hosting.
RTX 5090 in AU is scarce and overpriced
Australia has RTX 5090 stock. Barely. And if you find one, you will pay a premium that feels detached from reality.
Comparison of Chunking Strategies in RAG
Chunking is the most under-estimated hyperparameter in Retrieval ‑ Augmented Generation (RAG): it silently determines what your LLM “sees”, how expensive ingestion becomes, and how much of the LLM’s context window you burn per answer.
Control data and models with self-hosted LLMs
Self-hosting LLMs keeps data, models, and inference under your control-a practical path to AI sovereignty for teams, enterprises, nations.
LLM speed test on RTX 4080 with 16GB VRAM
Running large language models locally gives you privacy, offline capability, and zero API costs. This benchmark reveals exactly what one can expect from 14 popular LLMs on Ollama on an RTX 4080.
January 2025 GPU and RAM price check
Today we are looking at the top-level consumer GPUs, and RAM modules. Specifically I’m looking at RTX-5080 and RTX-5090 prices, and 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 6000.
Choose the right terminal for your Linux workflow
One of the most essential tools for Linux users is the terminal emulator.
Real AUD pricing from Aussie retailers now
The NVIDIA DGX Spark (GB10 Grace Blackwell) is now available in Australia at major PC retailers with local stock. If you’ve been following the global DGX Spark pricing and availability, you’ll be interested to know that Australian pricing ranges from $6,249 to $7,999 AUD depending on storage configuration and retailer.
Testing Cognee with local LLMs - real results
Cognee is a Python framework for building knowledge graphs from documents using LLMs. But does it work with self-hosted models?
Related guides for persistent knowledge layers — agent memory plugins, graph tooling, and stack context — live under the AI Systems Memory hub.
How I fixed network problems in Ubuntu
After automatically installing a new kernel, Ubuntu 24.04 has lost the ethernet network. This frustrating issue occurred for me a second time, so I’m documenting the solution here to help others facing the same problem.
Short post, just noting the price
With this crazy RAM prices volatility, to form and have a better picture, let’s track the RAM price in Australia ourselves first.
RAM prices surge 163-619% as AI demand strains supply
The memory market is experiencing unprecedented price volatility in late 2025, with RAM prices surging dramatically across all segments.
