Ollama: Run Frontier-Grade LLMs on Your Own Machine
Ollama turns 'run a 27B model on your laptop' into a single command. MIT-licensed, OpenAI-compatible on :11434, and your data never leaves the box. A 5,000-word dive into what it is, how to tune it, quantization math, choosing your first model, a real day with it, troubleshooting, cost, and where your data goes.