notes on software, hardware, and the long way around.
currently building: an opt-in-cloud Claude Code router pointing at a local qwen3:14b on a spare MacBook. companion post to the Pi5 piece is next.
A real-time investigation log. Pi 5 16GB + Hailo-10H AI HAT+ vs. a 2023 MacBook Air M2 as Claude Code backends over the LAN. The MacBook wins by 5x on speed at a model twice as big, for $0. Notes on qwen3 vs qwen2.5-coder tool-use parsing, SD-card I/O stalls, NAND price spikes...
I had six bricked Google WiFi pucks. Claude was sure five of them needed a $30 SPI programmer and an older coreboot that nobody publishes. I was poking around the open case looking for any other angle when I noticed a silver screw with a conductive washer next to the H1 chip. ...
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