How I use local models
My day-to-day stack is built around local inference, not one-off demos. I use open-source models for coding, multi-step tool-calling, OpenClaw routing, Discord automation, OCR-style extraction, and system workflows running across my homelab.
Instead of treating models like a static registry, I treat them as specialized workers: some are optimized for speed, some for code, some for deeper reasoning, and some for document extraction. The routing layer decides where they run and how traffic gets handled.