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Notes from building Adrian
How the pipeline actually works, what shipped, and the parts we had to redo.
Ollama vs LM Studio for local coding models
Both run the same open models on your own hardware. The difference that decides it is whether you are the one using it, or another program is.
Which local coding model actually fits your machine
Adrian ships a curated catalog of local models for Ollama. Here is what genuinely runs on 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and beyond — and what you give up further down.
Bring your own API key: what building with Adrian actually costs
Three ways to pay for AI-built software — local models, your own API key, or hosted credits — and an honest account of what each one really costs you.
Run an AI app builder on your own machine
What it takes to build working apps with a local LLM: no API key, no per-token bill, nothing sent to a model provider — and the trade-offs that come with it.
Why AI-generated apps compile but do not work
Compiling is a low bar. How generated apps fail while every signal says success — leftover scaffold text, missing features, controls nothing can change.
How Adrian builds an app, step by step
What happens between typing a prompt and getting a running app: planning, specialist agents, code generation, a compile gate, and a live preview.