Matteo Garza

Matteo Garza

Frontend programmer, dad, retrogamer
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Mistral AI

What's great

open source models (4)performance and scalability (5)memory efficiency (3)permissive licensing (1)

lightweight yet powerful open source model. I run it locally via ollama

What needs improvement

Context window, even optimized, can be wider.

vs Alternatives

It's european, it's fast and reliable, it is GDPR compliant

How is data residency handled for GDPR compliance?

You can run it locally, offline

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Ollama

What's great

easy to use (6)local AI model deployment (11)no third-party API reliance (3)

Super easy to use tool to launch self hosted llm, even for other AI tools.

What needs improvement

Image generation is still not available at this time.

vs Alternatives

No idea about alternatives, and sincerely I don't feel I need one

How smooth is installation on macOS, including Apple Silicon?

just a bash file

How easy is switching between different pre-built models?

Just a bash command, super easy. Also, if you launch a model you don't have, Ollama will download it for you

What costs arise beyond the free tier, if any?

No other costs

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