Astral's uv utility simplifies and speeds up working with Python virtual environments. But it has some other superpowers, too: it lets you run Python packages and programs without having to formally ...

Chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude.ai, and Meta.ai can be quite helpful, but you might not always want your questions or sensitive data handled by an external application. That’s especially true on ...

It’s now possible to run useful models from the safety and comfort of your own computer. Here’s how. MIT Technology Review’s How To series helps you get things done. Simon Willison has a plan for the ...

There are numerous ways to run large language models such as DeepSeek, Claude or Meta's Llama locally on your laptop, including Ollama and Modular's Max platform. But if you want to fully control the ...