From Docker hell to Lite + LLM correction. A retrospective on my own experimentation, plus an introduction to someone else's browser-based NDLOCR-Lite implementation.
Japanese text gets mangled when inserting into MySQL on Docker from PowerShell. PHP-based insertion works fine, suggesting the issue is PowerShell's character encoding, not the application.
A plan to build an internal help desk RAG system using a Mac mini M4 Pro and Dify. Highlights what's new in Dify circa 2025 and tips for running local LLMs.
From browser OCR and server-side OCR to cloud APIs and AI — a roundup of what I learned trying to implement Japanese OCR on the web, including the limits of each approach.
