Same. Its somewhat useful on some very small scripting or tasks…but its mostly just to try out a new model or two. Its not really useful for anything big.
I will have to say…even my tiny models are about as good as Chatgpt/Claude/etc… which makes me think about how much people are spending on tokens regularly. I was able to get the same kind of python script started with my local tiny model that was comparable to the newest Claude code offerings.
What local models have you been using? And what hardware are you running them on? I’ve been playing with local LLMs a bit for exactly your use case.
I have zero interest in vibe coding or full agentic workflows. But having a local LLM generate a Bash script to help me automate parts of my home lab infrastructure would be nice.
Same, toyed with it for creating stupid things like bot for telegram, that basically was a 3rd-person NSFW storyteller in RP chat. Sadly, after I made said bot I remember that I don’t have friends to RP with.
That being said, ollama+openwebui kinda sucks: openwebui have “wider scope” and features that you don’t need like auth via social providers and managing multiple accounts, while ollama itself does the opposite and lacks certain features (like proper mmap support to load big models), slow in comparison to pure llama.cpp and generally easily replaceable with lm studio, that provides both - client and server. So yeah, my advise for anyone who want to try it localy - just use lm manager.
It is difficult to understand in the beginning but has great support for premade workflows. It even saves the workflow into its output images so you can drag and drop them into the webui to duplicate the setup that generated the image. Use the internet to get premade workflows and mess around with them to see what the options do and you’ll slowly learn how it works. If you don’t care about precise control over the generations or understanding how image generators works then just use something else more all-in-one.
Yes. Openwebui/ollama for LLM, comfyui for stable diffusion. I just dick around with it as a toy.
Same. Its somewhat useful on some very small scripting or tasks…but its mostly just to try out a new model or two. Its not really useful for anything big.
I will have to say…even my tiny models are about as good as Chatgpt/Claude/etc… which makes me think about how much people are spending on tokens regularly. I was able to get the same kind of python script started with my local tiny model that was comparable to the newest Claude code offerings.
What local models have you been using? And what hardware are you running them on? I’ve been playing with local LLMs a bit for exactly your use case.
I have zero interest in vibe coding or full agentic workflows. But having a local LLM generate a Bash script to help me automate parts of my home lab infrastructure would be nice.
What are your hardware specs?
Ryzen 7 5800 X3D Radeon RX 9070XT 32GB of DDR4 system memory.
How hard does it push this setup? How far can you scale up your own models on this hardware?
Same, toyed with it for creating stupid things like bot for telegram, that basically was a 3rd-person NSFW storyteller in RP chat. Sadly, after I made said bot I remember that I don’t have friends to RP with.
That being said, ollama+openwebui kinda sucks: openwebui have “wider scope” and features that you don’t need like auth via social providers and managing multiple accounts, while ollama itself does the opposite and lacks certain features (like proper mmap support to load big models), slow in comparison to pure llama.cpp and generally easily replaceable with lm studio, that provides both - client and server. So yeah, my advise for anyone who want to try it localy - just use lm manager.
I was put off by ComfyUI, seems awfully complex. How is your experience?
Any suggestions to start? I have Fooocus installed now
It is difficult to understand in the beginning but has great support for premade workflows. It even saves the workflow into its output images so you can drag and drop them into the webui to duplicate the setup that generated the image. Use the internet to get premade workflows and mess around with them to see what the options do and you’ll slowly learn how it works. If you don’t care about precise control over the generations or understanding how image generators works then just use something else more all-in-one.