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Building a Local-First Agent Framework in Rust (Part 2): Setting Up the Workspace

See Part 0 for the latest table of contents and sample code. New chapters will be added over time. Chapter 2: Setting Up the Workspace The first code chapter does not call a model. It does not parse a tool request. It does not know what an agent loop is

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Building a Local-First Agent Framework in Rust (Part 1): Introduction

See Part 0 for the latest table of contents and sample code. New chapters will be added over time. Introduction: Building the Loop The word "agent" is already overloaded enough that it can hide more than it explains. Sometimes it means a chatbot with tools. Sometimes it means

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Building a Local-First Agent Framework in Rust (Part 0): Preface

Table of Contents * Chapter 0: Preface: Why I Am Building This * Chapter 1: Introduction: Building the Loop * Chapter 2: Setting Up the Workspace * Chapter 3: Modeling Messages, Roles, and Sessions * Chapter 4: The Provider Trait and a Scripted Mock * Chapter 5: Recording What Happened With an Event Log * Chapter 6:

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Testing Gemma 4 Beyond Chat: A Small Detour into Agent Loops

In the previous post, I set up Gemma 4 locally with MLX and connected it to my usual local-model workflow. That post was mostly about the environment itself: getting the model running, exposing it through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, and making it usable from tools like Open WebUI. Once

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Running Gemma 4 Locally with MLX

In my previous post, I explored what it looks like to run coding agents with local LLMs on an M3 Ultra Mac Studio. That write-up was mostly about the environment itself: treating a single machine as something closer to personal infrastructure, capable of hosting multiple models and running them

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Running OpenCode with Local LLMs on an M3 Ultra 512GB

1. Introduction Last year, I spent some time thinking about how to invest the incentives from my previous employer. Instead of putting everything into stocks or something more conventional, I ended up buying a personal desktop machine with unusual power: a Mac Studio M3 Ultra with 512GB of memory and

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A Playdate with Agents

1. Introduction It’s no longer just hype: coding agents are everywhere. I’ve been using Claude Code heavily at work. My current company runs on Spring Boot with Kotlin, while my previous one used Go. I understand our business logic well and the kinds of problems we solve every