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Marker Hands-on: Is It Easier Than MinerU for PDF-to-Markdown?
I tested Marker’s fast mode on an Apple Silicon Mac. It is already useful for ordinary text-based PDFs, but equations and tables can still fail. I also explain where it fits next to MinerU.
Zed Hands-on: A Smooth AI Code Editor I Have Been Trying Lately
I recently moved a project into Zed and found it surprisingly pleasant to use. It feels responsive, and it can bring ChatGPT, Codex, and MCP into the same workspace without asking me to abandon VS Code.
HeyClicky Hands-on: A Screen-Aware AI That Goes Beyond Dictation
HeyClicky is an AI assistant that lives beside your macOS cursor. It combines screen context with voice commands; here are my quick test results, free-tier limit, and multi-monitor issue.
Meetily Hands-On: A Local AI Tool for Meeting Transcription, Transcripts, and Traditional Chinese Summaries
Meetily is an open-source, privacy-first AI meeting assistant that can record, transcribe, and generate summaries locally. I tested v0.4.0 and organized the installation flow, Chinese transcription model setup, Traditional Chinese summaries, and the situations where it makes sense to use.
Codebase Memory MCP Hands-On: Turning Your Repository into a Queryable Knowledge Graph for AI Agents
Codebase Memory MCP is a local code intelligence engine that turns a repository into a knowledge graph for AI coding agents. This hands-on guide covers installation, indexing, the 3D Graph UI, and practical CLI queries.
SmartSub 妙幕 Hands-on: The Least Fussy Local Video Subtitle Translation Tool I’ve Used So Far
SmartSub 妙幕 is a local-first desktop subtitle tool that can transcribe videos, translate subtitles, create bilingual subtitles, and burn subtitles into video. This article records my tests with DeepSeek translation, faster-whisper, CUDA acceleration, and how it differs from VideoLingo.
Testing Horizon: Letting Codex Automatically Organize Daily AI News
I wired Horizon into my blog news workflow so it handles collecting sources, then hands them to Codex to write a daily AI news summary. This article records the installation method, basic usage flow, and what I thought after actually testing it.
Codex Record & Replay Hands-On: Demo It Once, Teach AI Your Local Workflow
OpenAI Codex recently added Record & Replay. I tested how, in a local environment, you can demo a workflow once and have Codex record and automatically run script-based workflows like video compression.
CodexBar Hands-On: Monitor Quotas for 53 AI Coding Services from the macOS Menu Bar
CodexBar is an open-source macOS menu bar tool that tracks usage windows, credit balances, and reset countdowns for AI coding services such as Codex, Claude, Cursor, and Copilot in real time. This article walks through the installation flow, permissions, and provider setup based on hands-on testing.
Hands-on with Handy Offline Voice Input: Paired with Breeze ASR 25, a Chinese-English Mixed Input Setup Built for Taiwanese Users
Handy is a free, open-source desktop voice input tool that runs fully offline. In this article, I test installation and configuration on macOS/Windows/Linux, paired with the Breeze ASR 25 model optimized for everyday Chinese-English mixed speech in Taiwan, to build a privacy-focused voice input experience.
Gemini 3.5 Live Translate Hands-On: New Two-Way Real-Time Voice Translation and Live API Developer Guide
Google has released the new Gemini 3.5 Live Translate model, supporting low-latency two-way real-time voice translation across more than 70 languages. This article walks through a hands-on test of the Google AI Studio web experience, explains how it works, and provides Live API development examples and WebSocket connection setup.
LLM Wiki Hands-on: Building a Personal Offline Knowledge Base That Large Models Can Organize and Update Automatically
Do your notes always feel tedious to organize? LLM Wiki is a personal knowledge base tool built around ideas from Andrej Karpathy. It can automatically read documents, run a two-stage chain-of-thought analysis, generate interconnected Wiki pages, and work well with Obsidian and local AI models.
Text-To-Lottie Tested: Using an AI Agent to Generate and Preview Lottie Animations Locally
This article shows how to use Skia CanvasKit (Skottie) with a React and shadcn/ui control interface, letting a local AI agent write lottie.json directly and preview the animation through hot reload in the dev server.
Nous Hermes Desktop Native Installation and Setup Guide: Hands-On Test of a Cross-Platform AI Assistant and Unified Memory
Nous Research’s Hermes agent has moved from the terminal to a GUI. This article walks through a hands-on test of the native desktop app across three platforms, covering one-click migration for existing users, API provider setup, and connecting Telegram and Line to build a personal AI assistant.
CC Switch Extended Use: Testing Phone Remote Control for Your Computer and Codex Enhanced Mode
How can you use the exclusive features in CC Switch v3.16.1+ to keep Codex's official mobile login state and remote-control capability, while routing the actual model requests to third-party APIs such as DeepSeek? This hands-on guide walks you through an AI Agent setup where your phone controls your computer.
CC Switch Hands-On: A Local Routing Tool for Switching AI CLI Models with Your Own API Key in One Click
When using Claude Code or Codex in the terminal, how can you freely switch models, bring your own API key, or use DeepSeek? This hands-on article tests the CC Switch routing tool and walks through how to proxy AI CLIs while managing costs and MCP.
Removerized: An Offline Browser-Based AI Background Removal and Image Enhancement Tool
Removerized lets you handle background removal, upscaling, and batch processing directly in the browser, without uploading data to the cloud, balancing speed and privacy.
Pot (派了個萌的翻譯器) Hands-On: A Solid Cross-Platform Selection Translation and OCR Tool
Looking for a smooth translation tool that does not interrupt your workflow? Pot supports side-by-side comparison across multiple translations, accurate screenshot OCR, and a wide range of translation and LLM integrations, making it a practical efficiency tool for macOS, Windows, and Linux users.
Installing and Testing Modly, a Local AI Image-to-3D Mesh Generation Tool
Want to quickly turn 2D images into high-detail 3D models without paying or uploading private work to the cloud? Modly lets you run AI 3D generation directly on your local GPU.
Hands-on with OmniVoice Studio, a Local AI Video Dubbing Tool, plus a macOS Installation Pitfall Guide
I recently tested OmniVoice Studio, an open-source alternative to ElevenLabs + HeyGen. It supports 646 languages, runs automatic local video dubbing, and even works on a Mac mini. This article covers my hands-on notes, how to bypass macOS quarantine, and a voice comparison between Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese input.
AltSendme Cross-Platform P2P File Transfer Tool: Serverless Setup Guide
No cloud, no signup. Transfer directly between Windows and macOS.
Antigravity Manager Setup Guide: Real-Time Monitoring for Multiple Accounts and Token Quotas
If you only care about two things: seeing quotas clearly and switching accounts quickly, Antigravity Manager is actually worth installing.
VideoLingo Local AI Video Subtitle Translation & Chinese Dubbing Deployment Guide
I tested VideoLingo, from raw video to Chinese subtitles and Chinese-dubbed video, all automated. This post covers features, actual results, and my recommended model settings.
Stacher: Install the Universal Media Downloader & Configure the yt-dlp GUI
Ditch the command line. A polished GUI for yt-dlp — download 4K videos and music with one click.
Petdex Bitmap Desktop Pet Installation Guide: Make Your Dev Environment More Fun
Install it instantly with one npx command, with no registration or login, and bring developers a surprising amount of peace of mind.
World Monitor: Local Deployment of a Global Real-Time Intelligence Monitoring System with AI Analysis Integration
An in-depth look at World Monitor — from quick local deployment to integrating AI analysis. Learn how to build a real-time monitoring platform covering geopolitics, military, finance, and infrastructure.
Installing Voicebox: A Local AI Voice Studio Guide
A developer-oriented guide to Voicebox — from macOS/Windows installation to voice cloning, and how to make your AI agent speak via MCP.
NVIDIA NIM Free DeepSeek-V4-Pro API Application and Multi-Framework Integration Guide
No credit card required, no trial period! This guide shows you how to connect to the newly released DeepSeek-V4-Pro and Flash models through NVIDIA NIM with minimal friction.