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Casting the Ensemble

2026-04-12 · 6 min read

Why most agent deployments will fail, and what to do instead.

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Why I Run LLMs on My Own Hardware

2026-04-04 · 5 min read

How building a local AI stack for myself became the blueprint for Dark Vector Cognition.

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