Articles

Write-ups on projects, systems, and things I've learned building them.

2026-10-28

Local AI Under a CMMC Lens: Lessons Learned From Building a Private Inference Stack

How I learned to think about local AI through a CMMC/NIST lens — data flows, model supply chains, egress control, and the evidence a 3PAO actually needs to see.

CMMC Security AI NIST
2026-10-28

My Home AI Lab: Three Machines, No Cloud, ~200 Tokens/Sec

How I replaced cloud inference with a three-machine home stack — the hardware, the software, real benchmarks, and what a million tokens actually costs in electricity.

AI Inference Homelab vLLM Cost