Topic · ai
Local AI
Running models inside a client's own network: data residency, on-prem GPUs and the architecture that makes it viable.
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004Saudi Arabia is an interesting place to build enterprise AINot for the reasons usually given. The interesting parts are the constraints — data that will not move, Arabic as a first-class requirement, and buyers who ask hard questions early.OPINION · 3 MIN003The best architecture is sometimes hybrid: local + cloud AIHybrid is usually the right answer and usually implemented badly — arrived at by accident rather than designed, which gives you the costs of both and the clarity of neither.SYSTEM NOTE · 2 MIN002Local AI vs cloud AI: what actually makes sense for Saudi companies?The comparison usually gets made on price, which is the least interesting axis. Here is how the decision actually breaks down, including when the honest answer is cloud.AI NOTE · 4 MIN001Why I'm interested in Mac minis for local AI deploymentsA small machine on a shelf is a genuinely viable AI deployment target now. Here is what that is good for, and the parts people leave out.BUILD LOG · 2 MIN