The Rise of Small Language Models: Why Size Isn't Everything

The Rise of Small Language Models: Why Size Isn’t Everything For years, the narrative was simple: bigger is better. GPT-4 was massive, Claude was massive, and the race seemed to be about who could train the largest model on the most data. But that story is changing. Small language models - typically under 15 billion parameters - are proving that you don’t need 175 billion parameters to solve real problems. The shift isn’t just about efficiency. It’s a fundamental change in how we think about AI deployment, cost, and what actually matters for most use cases. ...

April 9, 2026 · 7 min · James M

Running AI Models Locally with Ollama: From Setup to OpenClaw

Running AI Models Locally with Ollama: From Setup to OpenClaw Ollama has quietly become the go-to tool for developers who want to run large language models on their own machines without relying on APIs. No cloud costs, no rate limits, no sending your prompts to third-party servers. Just you, your hardware, and a surprisingly capable AI model running locally. What is Ollama? Ollama is a lightweight platform designed to make running open-source language models accessible. It handles the complexity of model management - downloading, optimization, memory management - so you just run a command and start prompting. ...

April 8, 2026 · 4 min · James M