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August 28, 2026 • 16 min read

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on the EVO-X2: 125B Parameters in 96GB of Unified Memory

What it took to run a 125B MoE model at 17-25 tok/s on a $3K mini PC — the BIOS carve-out, ROCm 7.2.4 on gfx1151, a llama.cpp grammar bug, and MTP.

#llm#amd#rocm#llama-cpp#ai

August 24, 2026 • 12 min read

How I got ROCm 7.2.4 working on gfx1151, built llama.cpp correctly for AMD Strix Halo, and what 67 tok/s on a mini PC actually means.

#llm#amd#rocm#linux#ai

March 19, 2026 • 8 min read

How I built and connected a working MCP server in Python — understanding the protocol, the tooling, and how it wires up to Copilot CLI over stdio.

#python#mcp#ai#linux#terminal

March 6, 2026 • 5 min read

How I built a minimal, fully understood swaybar status line with battery status, volume control, and mute detection — no plugins required.

#linux#sway#wayland#terminal#dotfiles

September 23, 2025 • 7 min read

Learn from my mistakes building a SvelteKit blog with AI assistance and deploying to Netlify. Avoid common pitfalls and configuration issues.

#sveltekit#netlify#copilot#static-site#deployment

September 21, 2025 • 4 min read

My journey creating a blog from scratch while embracing AI as a coding partner. Why I believe AI-assisted development is the future of programming.

#ai#blog#development#learning#personal