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Self-Hosting AI: Running Whisper Locally on Mac and Windows

Self-Hosting AI: Running Whisper Locally on Mac and Windows

Running AI models locally used to be a niche pursuit for ML engineers. But with tools like Whisper, Ollama, and modern GPU hardware, self-hosting AI is practical for everyday developers. Here's how to set up local Whisper transcription on Mac and Windows. Why Self-Host AI? * Privacy: Your data

Local Whisper vs Cloud Transcription: A Developer's Perspective

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Local Whisper vs Cloud Transcription: A Developer's Perspective

As a developer who's spent years building cloud services, I've become increasingly skeptical of "just send it to the cloud" as the default architecture. Meeting transcription is a perfect example of where local processing makes more sense. Clearminutes — AI meetings. Zero cloud required.Local-first

Why I Built Clearminutes: A Privacy-First Meeting Assistant

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Why I Built Clearminutes: A Privacy-First Meeting Assistant

Like many developers, I spend hours in meetings every week. And like many developers, I've tried various meeting transcription tools: Otter.ai, Fireflies, Granola. They all share one thing in common: they send your audio to the cloud. Clearminutes — AI meetings. Zero cloud required.Local-first AI meeting transcription

Krisp.ai Powered Status Light - AppleScript for Mac

Krisp.ai Powered Status Light - AppleScript for Mac

Since working from home more and having the kids around for summer holiday, my Status Light has been in more use. The status light shows the family when I'm on a call, and when I'm available to talk to. The problem was though, I was having