A look at ACE-Step, the 'Stable Diffusion of music,' covering its architecture, features, installation, and expected performance on Apple Silicon before trying it on an M1 Max.
Overview of Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2 Klein 9B model and how it performs on M1/M2/M3/M4 Macs. Covers the key factors behind the CUDA vs MPS performance gap, including memory bandwidth and FP8 quantization.
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.
Introducing a Mac mini M4 Pro to build an in-house RAG system. A plan for setting up a LoRA training environment during downtime while waiting for specs to be finalized.
