Older stories and guides from the Convly archive.
Installing Ollama takes about two minutes on any OS. Here are the exact steps for Mac, Windows, and Linux, plus how to run your first model and fix the errors people actually hit.
Ollama can run 100+ models, but you only need a handful. Here are the best local LLMs in 2026 ranked by what you’re actually trying to do — and the VRAM each one needs.
A local coding model means your code never leaves your machine. Here are the best ones in 2026 — ranked by SWE-bench, hardware needs, and how they handle real refactors.
GLM-5.1 is the Claude alternative that costs $3 a month and was trained without any Nvidia hardware. Zhipu’s model is a geopolitical statement as much as a technical one.
Moonshot’s Kimi K2.6 did something no open model had done before: beat a frontier US model at real-world coding. Here’s how the Beijing startup became the agent-coding leader.
DeepSeek went from unknown quant-fund side project to the model that reset global AI pricing. Here’s what DeepSeek V4 actually is in 2026, and the honest case for and against using it.
ByteDance turned its TikTok-scale distribution into the world’s 4th-largest AI app. Doubao isn’t chasing benchmarks — it’s chasing hundreds of millions of users. Here’s how.
Alibaba’s Qwen is the quiet giant of Chinese AI — the broadest model family in existence, an open-weight ecosystem rivaling Meta’s, and a flagship that just cracked the global top 10.
On-device AI runs intelligent features directly on your phone — fast, private, and offline. Here are the best phones for on-device AI in 2026.
Real-time AI translation turns your phone into a pocket interpreter. Here are the best phones for live call, conversation, and on-device translation in 2026.
Powerful AI features and strong privacy can coexist — if the phone is built right. Here are the best phones for private AI in 2026 and what to look for.
Modern phone cameras are AI systems as much as optics. Here are the best phones for AI photography and computational imaging in 2026.
