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Self-hosting AI tools on a VPS is genuinely rewarding but comes with real limitations that are...
Choosing the Right LLM Model Size for Your VPS BudgetSelecting an appropriately-sized LLM for your VPS budget requires balancing capability against...
GPU vs CPU VPS: What You Actually Need for AI WorkloadsChoosing between a CPU-only and GPU-equipped VPS is one of the most consequential decisions for...
How to Build a Document Q&A System with LangChainA document Q&A system lets users ask natural language questions about a specific set of...
How to Build a Semantic Search Engine with EmbeddingsSemantic search finds conceptually similar content, not just keyword matches — powered by...
How to Build a Simple AI Chatbot with LangChain on a VPSLangChain is a framework that simplifies building applications powered by language models —...
How to Cache LLM Responses to Reduce Compute CostsLLM inference is computationally expensive — caching responses for repeated or similar...
How to Deploy a Python Application with Gunicorn and NginxGunicorn is a production-grade WSGI server for running Python web applications (Flask, FastAPI,...
How to Deploy a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) Pipeline on a VPSRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) combines a language model with a search step over your own...
How to Fine-Tune a Small Language Model on a VPSFine-tuning adapts a pre-trained language model to your specific data/task, achievable on a VPS...
How to Install LocalAI as an OpenAI-Compatible API AlternativeLocalAI provides a drop-in, OpenAI-API-compatible endpoint backed by open-source models running...
How to Install Ollama and Run Local LLMs on a VPSOllama makes running open-source large language models locally straightforward — handling...
How to Install PyTorch and TensorFlow on a VPSPyTorch and TensorFlow are the two dominant machine learning frameworks, used for building,...
How to Monitor GPU Usage on a VPS (nvidia-smi and Beyond)If you're running a GPU-equipped VPS for AI workloads, monitoring GPU utilization, memory, and...
How to Monitor and Log AI Model Usage and CostsWhether self-hosting AI infrastructure or calling third-party APIs, tracking usage and cost is...
How to Optimize LLM Inference Speed on Limited HardwareRunning large language models on modest VPS hardware requires deliberate optimization to achieve...
How to Rate Limit and Secure a Self-Hosted AI APIA self-hosted AI inference endpoint, if unprotected, is both a security and cost-abuse risk...
How to Run Stable Diffusion for AI Image Generation on a VPSStable Diffusion generates images from text prompts using an open-source diffusion model. This...
How to Serve a Machine Learning Model with FastAPIFastAPI is a modern, fast Python web framework well-suited for wrapping a machine learning model...
How to Set Up Automatic Content Moderation with AI on a VPSSelf-hosted AI-based content moderation lets you filter inappropriate text/image content without...
How to Set Up ComfyUI for Advanced Image Generation WorkflowsComfyUI provides a node-based visual interface for building sophisticated Stable Diffusion image...
How to Set Up Face Detection and Computer Vision on a VPSComputer vision tasks (face detection, object recognition, image classification) are increasingly...
How to Set Up Multi-GPU Inference on a VPSIf your VPS provider offers multi-GPU instances, distributing model inference across multiple...
How to Set Up Text-to-Speech (TTS) Self-Hosted on a VPSSelf-hosted text-to-speech gives you full control over voice synthesis without per-request API...
How to Set Up Whisper for Self-Hosted Speech-to-TextWhisper is an open-source speech recognition model capable of accurate transcription across many...
How to Set Up a Private ChatGPT-Style Interface with Open WebUIOpen WebUI is a browser-based chat interface for language models you run yourself — a...
How to Set Up a Vector Database (Qdrant) for AI ApplicationsVector databases store and search data by semantic similarity rather than exact matches —...
How to Set Up n8n for AI Workflow Automationn8n is an open-source workflow automation platform with strong AI integration capabilities...
Understanding Quantization: Running Larger Models on Smaller VPSQuantization reduces a model's numerical precision, dramatically shrinking memory requirements...
VPS Requirements for Running AI and Machine Learning WorkloadsBefore installing any AI tooling, it's worth understanding what a VPS can and can't realistically...