Nous Hermes 4: 5 Honest Tests From My First Local Week
Running Nous Hermes 4 locally for client work. Five tests, three pleasant surprises, and the privacy trap I almost stepped into.
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Google Antigravity: 4 Honest Signals Beside My Claude Code Setup
Google Antigravity sits in my agent IDE rotation now. Four honest signals from the first two weeks beside Claude Code for a solo consultant.
Ollama for Solo Consultants: 5 Honest Wins From a Local Setup
Ollama runs my local LLM stack on M-series Mac. Five wins from a solo consultant’s first month — and the workflow it quietly broke.
Obsidian AI Workflows: 5 Honest Patterns From a Solo Stack
Obsidian’s AI plugins reshaped my knowledge base this month. Five patterns from a solo consultant’s vault, with one I dropped after a week.
AI-Assisted Research: 5 Honest Lessons From Parameter Golf
Parameter Golf gave AI agents a 16MB sandbox. Five lessons it leaks about real AI-assisted research workflows for solo consultants.
NVIDIA Codex Rollout: 5 Honest Signals for a Solo Consultant’s Stack
NVIDIA gave 10,000 employees Codex access this month. Here is what the rollout reveals about a solo consultant’s coding stack.
Gemini for Freelancers: 5 Honest Uses I Keep Returning To
After eight months alongside Claude and ChatGPT, the five recurring slots where Gemini still earns weekly time in a solo freelance stack.
Is Jasper Worth $39/mo for Solo Writers in 2026? An 18-Month Verdict
Solo writer, 18 months on Jasper’s Creator plan. The honest answer on whether $39/mo earns its slot when Claude Pro is half the price.
How Korean Freelancers Pay for Foreign AI Tools in 2026 (VAT, Cards, Currency, Receipts)
A Korea-based solo operator’s guide to subscribing, paying, and expensing US AI tools — with the VAT trap that costs you 10% if you skip it.
Is Perplexity Pro Worth $20/mo for Freelancers in 2026? A Researcher’s Take
Solo consultant doing 6+ pitch prep cycles a month. The exact ROI math on whether Perplexity Pro pays for itself versus the free tier and Google.
GPT-5.5 Instant: 3 Real Changes for Freelance ChatGPT Work
GPT-5.5 Instant is now ChatGPT’s default model. Here are the three changes that actually affect how freelancers use it: shorter outputs, fewer hallucinations, and a memory panel you can audit.
10 ChatGPT Prompts for Cold Email Pitches I Actually Send (Freelancer Templates)
Ten copy-paste ChatGPT prompts I use weekly for freelance cold outreach — plus the response rate I track for each, and the one prompt that doubled my replies.