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The App I Built That I Didn't Need
553 lines of Python. A GUI with a progress bar. PyInstaller packaging. It found duplicates, organized photos by date, and worked perfectly. I've never opened it again.
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From Crashed GPU to 7-Second Images — Building a Local AI Art Pipeline
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Yes, I Named It JARVIS — A 48GB AI Server for Under $2K
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17 Videos Later — The Optimization Maze of Local AI Video
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AI Video Generation at Home — Can Two 3090s Keep Up?
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