GenAI Posts
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Making Firefox's AI Chatbot local-only with Lemonade
Firefox's AI chatbot sidebar can talk to a local Lemonade server. One CLI command and one about:config flip and your prompts never leave your machine.
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LLM generated 3D modeling is the way to go
After hitting walls with FreeCAD, TinkerCAD, and Fusion 360, I discovered that scripting 3D models in OpenSCAD with an LLM produces precise, reusable parts faster than any GUI-based workflow I tried. Two prompts into ChatGPT, I had a working pipe reducer printed and in hand.
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Automate Everything: LLMs and Bash Scripts Mean Saved Time
Using LLMs to generate deterministic scripts rather than running real-time AI agents is a more reliable, testable, and repeatable approach to automation. This post explains the strategy, shares real examples from managing this blog, and covers how to keep the output production-ready.
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Rethinking Library Dependencies in the GenAI age
Large language models are changing the calculus on when to reach for a third-party library versus generating a lightweight, purpose-built implementation. This post examines the tradeoffs and where a hybrid approach of GenAI-generated code refined by a developer makes the most practical sense.