Local Experiments

Notes from hands-on trials, benchmarks, and real-world setup work.

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Soothsayer MCP kernel: from prompts to controlled orchestration

How I built a policy-governed MCP runtime where models can reason freely but execution stays deterministic, verifiable, and auditable.
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Ollama launch: integration handoff

A new launcher flow that hands local models into tools like Codex and OpenCode.
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AWS GPU instance baseline

A minimal cloud baseline focused on identity, networking, and cost control.
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GCP GPU instance baseline

A first cloud baseline with focus on projects, IAM, and network rules.
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Ollama setup: local baseline

A first clean install that taught me where local stacks really fail.
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Azure setup: first cloud pass

A first-time Azure run that turned identity and networking into the real curriculum.
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Ollama on M1: thermal baseline

A baseline run to learn where M1 throttles and why it matters.
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Context window stress test

A small experiment to see where longer context starts to degrade quality.