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Tracy Friedlander's avatar

I’m just realizing I never got to hear the story of what you wrote that banned you 😂

Luke's avatar

i should prob write a whole article on that lol… i used to have a youtube video but i deleted my youtube haha

Kim Funk's avatar

Yes, you should. (Because now I want to read it.)

Luke's avatar

ha ha okay; its in the works

Philipp's avatar

+1 for telling.

Luke's avatar

Yaaaa gotta dial it up haha… censorship sucks

Tracy Friedlander's avatar

Tell us! Tell us! Tell us! Did you say the moon landing was fake? Or did you say martians exist? 🤔 was it super controversial?

Luke's avatar

ha ha okay; ill see if I saved the old video n write about it some time. some of them were really silly like one time I called a competitor ugly and got banned for it lol… another time i was giving away pizza and got banned for it.

others were more intense but ya linkedin hates me

Jennifer Ann Barone's avatar

Great article / blog. Thank you! I will check out Venice ai sometime! I appreciate you always guiding us in the right direction. 👏💫✨. Have the greatest day and week!

Luke's avatar

cheers thanks for reading

Enrique's avatar

I have been banned to because me ans you were bantering in the comments. Do you remeber?

Luke's avatar

sure do sir sure do

Justin's avatar

Great post. I’ve been using Novita AI via Anything LLM. Maybe not as private as this solution, but the amazing thing I realized is how cheap it can be compared to the mainstream $20 per month model. It has access to top open source models like Llama 4 Maverick, GLM 5 and Kimi K2. Pay as you go model. After a week of moderate use I have paid about $0.01. You avoid vendor lock in and also improve your LLM IQ by being able to switch models depending on the task. It almost feels too good to be true.

Luke's avatar

That is LEGIT dude!! Good for you and hey it’s a step and more than most do

Nabanita's avatar

For someone who is deathly afraid of using AI, maybe I needed to hear this. I am totally clueless. I have just started writing on Substack. Growth is slow but my aim is to continue writing honestly on issues that matter to me. I don’t know how to utilize backend stuff with AI. Can you please direct me to some YouTube videos or Substack pages to start. I am afraid, but I am curious. Thanks.

Luke's avatar

Well I'll be sharing more and I have nothing to sell at the moment so pretty safe newsletter to learn from.

I'll think of other trusted voices to include in my next newsletter thanks for sharing this.

Nabanita's avatar

Will be waiting for it. Thanks Luke. I have nothing to sell either. 😊

Kinga Vajda's avatar

Finally we are making some progress on the right frontier! Sucks the one willing to say it out loud is always the one punished. Thanks for sharing the tools.

Luke's avatar

It’s okay. I enjoy the pain lol

Kinga Vajda's avatar

I saw someone mention another tool maple ai or something in this thread. I've been using the Business (theoretically encrypted version of openAI- right?, memoryless-mode, of course training off) - using md files in Projects. Are there advantages to maple that you’re seeing? Trying to compare 3…I refuse to use APIs so file mgt is a PITA

Luke's avatar

Ya ive been checking it out its pretty cool. I need more time to dive in tho.

Ultimatley if ur a nerd building your own local AI is the best move and agents work better and better on local models now.

Kinga Vajda's avatar

100% agree but I don't have the patience or skills for the bumps in the road I hit. I’m a faux-nerd. I hung out with them and could ask enough questions to be dangerous but not do the work.

Yvette Lans's avatar

Black and white thinking is just as lazy as the AI slop your favorite influencer just posted and will post again tomorrow.

😂😂 Love it

Luke's avatar

ha ha ha

Mila Popovic Geoui's avatar

Cool will try venice!!!

Luke's avatar

cheers!

JM's avatar

You have to check out Maple. It's the only thing out there that doesn't operate on a 'trust me bro' model.

Luke's avatar

Looks fire!!

JM's avatar

Kimi K2 with thinking on is really good

Luke's avatar

I can't wait to try it... But my current PC doesn't quite have the VRAM so gonna upgrade soon to a mac studio.

JM's avatar

That’s beauty of Maple. They handle the compute. And you get cryptographically verified private access.

Luke's avatar

ya it looks fire fr fr

Luke's avatar

always ready to check out a tool, share the link

Luke's avatar

this is great thanks dude!

Enrique's avatar

I agree bud! hola! 👋

Mark Swanson's avatar

ick a side between being a robot or a poet. But how do you make sure the AI doesn't accidentally strip away that "unhinged" feeling you mentioned?

Luke's avatar

I use AI for back end stuff. I write myself...

JS.Hardy's avatar

Venice sucks ass though. What do you think of Ollama and local llms?

Luke's avatar

Pro version works great for noobs. Local is better, but requires more skill. I prefer local, but venice works great for other things.

Free version sucks but wat do u expect for free from a company not stealing ur data?

Gino Cosme's avatar

Ollama is great. But it can be slow, even on a M4 MBP.

Gino Cosme's avatar

Have you found anything better?