Introduction I’m writing this just before hopping on a long trans-atlantic flight. I’m not betting on the in-flight WiFi being very good, so I’m taking the time to get a local AI assistant running on my laptop. I think many travelers will be interested in setting something like this up, so I’d like to take the time to document a lot of how I’m doing this… and hopefully make it easier for others to get it going. ...
Why Run Containers Locally? Running containers on your development machine has become an essential practice for modern software development. Local containers provide: Consistent development environments across team members Quick testing of containerized applications without remote dependencies Easy experimentation with different software stacks Simplified microservices development and testing Efficient resource usage compared to traditional virtual machines Why Podman Instead of Docker Desktop? While Docker Desktop has been the de facto standard for local container development, Podman offers several compelling advantages: ...