About

Solo AI Guy is a build journal for one specific kind of person: a developer working alone, using AI tools to ship more than one person normally could, and trying not to set fire to a credit card to do it.

The premise

Frontier-model APIs are the fastest way to feel productive and the fastest way to spend money. Local models on consumer hardware are free, but they hit a quality ceiling fast. The interesting question isn't "which one?" — it's where the line between them sits, and how you make both halves work together without ceremony.

That's the entire beat of this site.

What you'll find

• Stack write-ups — exact configs, real commands, no "you can also try X" filler.
• Benchmarks on consumer hardware — what a 7B model on an 8GB GPU actually delivers, with numbers.
• Cost breakdowns — monthly spend before and after each change, in dollars, not vibes.
• Failure notes — the things I tried that didn't work, so you don't repeat them.

What you won't find

• "Top 10 AI tools" listicles for tools I haven't actually used.
• Affiliate links shoved into copy that doesn't need them.
• Speculation dressed up as advice. If I haven't run it, I'll say so.

The setup

Most of what I write about runs on a normal desktop: WSL2 on Windows, Ubuntu 24.04, a single RTX 3070 (8GB VRAM). No cloud GPU, no Docker swarm, no team. If a workflow doesn't fit on that, it's the wrong workflow for this audience.

How to follow

RSS is the canonical feed. I'll add an email option later. For now, RSS is honest: no tracking, no algorithm.

Contact

Best way to reach me is to reply to whatever post brought you here once comments are wired up — until then, the email in the site's package.json works.