Local LLM Field Guide
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The local AI curriculum

Learn local AI.
Run it yourself.

Understand how language models work, run one on your own computer, and build something useful with it.

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An illuminated green processor on a circuit board
ON-DEVICE INFERENCE
61 lessons4 learning pathsSelf-paced

Find your starting point.

Follow a path from the beginning or jump straight to what you need.

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Foundations

Understand model types, tokens, and what your hardware can run.

9 lessons

Set up & run

Get a model running with Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, or MLX.

9 lessons

Build projects

Build with local models, documents, media, and tools.

27 lessons

Go deeper

Measure performance, evaluate outputs, and add capabilities.

16 lessons

Ollama quickstart

Get your first local reply.

Install Ollama, then run this small model. The first run downloads it and opens a chat in your terminal.

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Terminal
ollama run qwen2.5:1.5b

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