AI, hardware & hands-on ideas
buffer’s personal site. Notes on AI, hardware, the tools I use and what I learn along the way.
The macOS 27 fm command puts Apple’s on-device model in Terminal for free. Copy-paste setup, fm serve examples, the pipe trap that makes it invent summaries, and when you still need a bigger model.
LiteLLM supply chain attack, reconstructed: how 1.107.0 wheels and Docker tags shipped a stealer, a Beijing-time timeline, what it took, and how to clean up.
PHP CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 hit CVSS 9.2 tonight. What RunCloud, Prostack and Cloudflare did, and how to patch your VPS.
Codex CLI install guide from OpenAI's docs (Oct 21, 2026): four official install methods, which ChatGPT plans include the CLI, ChatGPT vs API key vs device…
Is the RTX 5090 for AI worth it? The 32GB VRAM math by model and quantization, checked against a real benchmark, plus Mac Studio and DGX…
Claude Code install guide checked against Anthropic's docs on Oct 21, 2026: one-line installers for Mac, Windows and Linux, why you likely don't need Node, first…
Written three days before launch: the $700 folding premium, what the EU label says about drops and repairs, and who should buy, skip or wait.
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