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Capacitor.js Experience Report Building Native Mobile Apps with React

Capacitor.js Experience Report Building Native Mobile Apps with React

Capacitor.js lets React teams ship native iOS and Android apps without rewriting the frontend. Plugins, permissions, live reload, and the parts that still trip you up.

June 12, 2026 Ryan Wong
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capacitor.js react mobile-development cross-platform ios android webview native-apps
Testing the Open-Sourced GitHub Copilot Chat Extension for VS Code

Testing the Open-Sourced GitHub Copilot Chat Extension for VS Code

Microsoft open-sourced the VS Code Copilot Chat extension under MIT. We built it locally, poked at the code, and found out what you can actually customize.

June 12, 2026 Ryan Wong
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github-copilot vs-code open-source ai-coding typescript extension-development microsoft
How to Run Heavy Open-Source LLMs for Free Without a GPU

How to Run Heavy Open-Source LLMs for Free Without a GPU

Learn how to run open-source LLMs using Kaggle's free GPU tier, Ollama, and ngrok. Skip the hardware costs, avoid API fees, and access your models from your phone or desktop.

June 12, 2026 Ryan Wong
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open-source-llms ollama kaggle ngrok ai-infrastructure self-hosted
Open Source LLM Evaluation Report - MiniMax vs Kimi vs DeepSeek vs Qwen

Open Source LLM Evaluation Report - MiniMax vs Kimi vs DeepSeek vs Qwen

We ran 13 standardized tasks across four leading open source models and scored every response from 0 to 10. Here is exactly what we found.

June 5, 2026 Ryan Wong
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llm evaluation minimax kimi deepseek qwen open-source benchmark
Best CPU Embedding Model for RAG Systems - Self-Hosted Infinity Server Setup

Best CPU Embedding Model for RAG Systems - Self-Hosted Infinity Server Setup

Discover how to deploy a self-hosted RAG system using Infinity server with BGE-Large embeddings that outperforms OpenAI's ada model while eliminating API costs. Complete technical implementation guide with Docker setup.

December 28, 2025 Ryan Wong
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AI RAG embeddings BGE-Large Infinity MiniLM self-hosted open-source vector-search retrieval-augmented-generation
How good is DeepSeek OCR?

How good is DeepSeek OCR?

DeepSeek-OCR goes beyond basic text extraction by understanding entire page layouts. We tested it on complex 19-page reports to evaluate its structural accuracy.

February 4, 2026 Ryan Wong
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DeepSeek-OCR AI OCR Document Analysis Markdown Machine Learning
Best Open Model for Real Prompts

Best Open Model for Real Prompts

Having tested top AI models on real-world tasks, GPT-OSS-120B leads in technical performance, Qwen3 excels at research, while GPT-5 and DeepSeek shine in coding and analysis. See the full benchmark results.

October 18, 2025 Ryan Wong
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AI LLM benchmarks model-comparison GPT-OSS Qwen3 DeepSeek research
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