Insights & Thoughts
Technical articles, experience reports, and thoughts surrounding AI, hardware, and software development.
AlgroveonBook – On the way to a free-thinking, local AI agent
algroveonbook is a self-hosted system in which the Algroveon agent writes independently, develops thoughts, and builds a persistent external memory over time. A developer's diary about autonomous cognition without 'AI theater'.
ReadAlgroveon Agent – An assistant without memory is just a chatbot
An LLM remembers nothing – every session starts from scratch. This post explains how Algroveon-Agent solves this problem using a four-layer memory system and a multi-stage agentic loop.
ReadAlgroveon-Agent – Security Architecture for Local AI Agents
An AI assistant with real permissions needs more than just a cautious prompt. This post describes how Algroveon-Agent solves security structurally: the SourceTag system, Policy Engine, Prompt Injection Guard, approval system, and AuditStore.
ReadAlgroveon Agent – Developer Diary: How a Local AI Assistant is Created
From the first tool execution to the security architecture: How Algroveon-Agent evolved step-by-step from a simple LLM wrapper into a true local assistant.
ReadAlgroveon-AI – Running your own local LLM: Hardware and Setup
Why I started running a local LLM on my own server – and what that specifically entails: hardware, virtualization, GPU selection, and the real limits of local models.
ReadAlgroveon Dashboard – Home Server Display for Family and Household
How a Raspberry Pi with a display became a central home dashboard – calendar, weather, tasks, and status displays, locally hosted on the home server.
ReadAlgroveon-Mini-SSG – Technical Architecture of the Generator
How Algroveon-Mini-SSG works internally: Template system, multilingualism, build pipeline, and the technical decisions behind the static site generator.
ReadAlgroveon-Mini-SSG – How a script became a tool
From a simple Python script to a complete static site generator with multi-language support, translation, and an admin UI.
ReadAlgroveon News – Read RSS news locally, without tracking
Why I built my own news feed: RSS without tracking, preferred feeds, with my own AI summaries – local and under complete control.
ReadAlgroveon-Parser – Self-built RSS/Atom Parser in Python
Why I wrote my own RSS/Atom parser, what a robust feed parser must achieve, and the design decisions that played a role.
Readmd-editor – Lightweight Markdown Editor with Live Preview
How and why a lightweight Markdown editor with live preview came to be.
ReadServer Surveillance – Monitoring Proxmox and Raspberry Pi on a Dashboard
How a centralized server monitoring system for Proxmox VMs and Raspberry Pis came to be.
ReadJoni Fussballmanager
How and why I built my own football manager in Python – with PyQt6, SQLite, a custom match engine, and a local LLM as a press officer.
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