How Are You Using AI to Improve Your Workflow?

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I’ll be honest, for the longest time I was using AI the same way everyone else was. Open a chat, paste some code, ask a question, copy the answer, move on. It worked, but it wasn’t exactly life-changing. I was basically using a Ferrari to go grocery shopping. 🙃

Then I discovered Claude Code and everything changed. Not overnight though, it took me months of trial and error, breaking things, getting frustrated, and slowly figuring out how to make it actually work the way I needed it to. What I ended up with is a setup that honestly feels less like a tool and more like having a team of developers sitting next to me. Let me walk you through how I got here.

How to run your own private AI assistant locally

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In this article we will discuss how to run your own AI assistant using Ollama as the LLM (Large Language Model) and Chatbox in order to have a desktop GUI (Graphical User Interface) for your assistant.

Prerequisites

Install Ollama
Install Chatbox

Selecting which model to use

Once you have installed Ollama you need to select which model you want to use, there are many different models you can choose from for different types of tasks so feel free to explore the different models and select the one that suits your needs.

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How Are You Using AI to Improve Your Workflow?

How to run your own private AI assistant locally

Prerequisites

Selecting which model to use