How I built the writing app I needed in 2 hours for free – with Ollama and VS Code

I'm not a developer, but I was able to use locally-installed AI to create a writing app suited to my needs. Here's how.
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Writing bad code made me twice as productive—but it came with a catch

"If it works, don't touch it" is a well-known meme in the programming community. I'm glad that it's just that. A meme. Bad code didn't make me a worse developer. It made me faster, because I learned ...

Completely Free: How to Create an Ad-Revenue Site Without Server Contracts or Custom Domains

Many people think that you need to pay for a server every month to create a website.They believe you cannot publish a site ...

I Had the Local LLM 'Bonsai 2' Make a Game | From HTML Games to Conversational AI NPCs

In this article, I have organized the game development interactions I previously had with Bonsai 2 in a way that is easy for ...

Researchers escape OpenAI Codex sandbox to run commands on host

Researchers escaped OpenAI's Codex sandbox two ways, one running commands on a developer's machine from its most locked-down mode. OpenAI has patched both.
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I built a personalized desktop toolbox without writing a single line of code

Tony Phillips is an experienced Microsoft Office user with a dual-honors degree in Linguistics and Hispanic Studies. Prior to starting with How-to Geek in January 2024, he worked as a document ...