Lm-Studio
Local AI for Privacy: What's Actually Private
Prompts and responses stay local—but Ollama phones home by default, and cloud providers retain data up to 5 years. What's genuinely private, what leaks, and how to close every gap.
Local AI Troubleshooting Guide: Every Common Problem and Fix
Model running 30x slower than expected? Probably on CPU instead of GPU. Fixes for won't-load errors, CUDA crashes, garbled output, and OOM across Ollama and LM Studio.
LM Studio Tips & Tricks: Hidden Features
Speculative decoding for 20-50% faster output, MLX that's 21-87% faster on Mac, a built-in OpenAI-compatible API, and the GPU offload settings most users miss.
Ollama vs LM Studio: Which Should You Use for Local AI?
Ollama gives you a CLI with 100+ models and an OpenAI-compatible API. LM Studio gives you a visual GUI with one-click downloads. Most power users run both—here's when to use each.