Short notes: experiments, tips, snippets, and things worth writing down.https://patrickgawron.comenhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/agents-a1-35b-a3b-agentic-modelhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/agents-a1-35b-a3b-agentic-modelAn agentic model with vision, tool calling and a 262K context that runs on one consumer card - under Apache 2.0, which is rare in this class. Benchmarks against GPT-5.5 and Kimi-K2.6, and the sampling defaults nobody expects.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTtechnologyailocal-llmllmagenticmoeggufquantizationtool-callingqwenvramapache-2https://patrickgawron.com/notes/poolside-laguna-2-1-open-weightshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/poolside-laguna-2-1-open-weightsPoolside shipped XS (33B-A3B) and S (118B-A8B) as open weights. XS runs on a 24GB card at Q4_K_M; S does not fit a single consumer GPU at any usable quant.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTtechnologyailocal-llmllmcoding-agentmoeggufquantizationopenmdwpoolsidelagunavramhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/qwen36-35b-a3b-full-context-4090https://patrickgawron.com/notes/qwen36-35b-a3b-full-context-4090A 35B MoE running its full 262,144-token context on a 24GB card, unquantized KV cache and all. Ready-to-run llama.cpp Docker Compose plus why it actually fits.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTtechnologyailocal-llmllama-cppgpuqwenqwen3.6-35bquantizationvram4090dockerhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/best-local-llms-24gb-gpu-2026https://patrickgawron.com/notes/best-local-llms-24gb-gpu-2026Interactive VRAM calculator - which open models fit a 24GB card in 2026, sized with the real Unsloth GGUF file sizes for Qwen3.6, Gemma 4, Mistral Small, and gpt-oss.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTtechnologylocal-llmgpuvramquantizationunslothqwengemmamistralbenchmarkhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/vllm-qwen3-5090-matrixhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/vllm-qwen3-5090-matrix22 configs, one MoE model (Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4), one RTX 5090. Sweet spot: 96k context, fp8 KV cache, 2 parallel → 160 tok/s. Full write-up in the article.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:30:00 GMTexperimentaivllmgpuqwenqwen3.6-35bbenchmark5090nvfp4https://patrickgawron.com/notes/why-local-llms-matter-in-2026https://patrickgawron.com/notes/why-local-llms-matter-in-2026The case for running models on your own hardware, even when the cloud is cheap.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTdevllmlocal-llmaiprivacydevoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/whisper-vs-parakeethttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/whisper-vs-parakeetParakeet 1.1B beats Whisper Large-v3 on WER and speed for English long-form transcription.Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTexperimenttranscriptionwhisperparakeetnvidiaasrbenchmarkoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/the-best-agent-is-a-boring-agenthttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/the-best-agent-is-a-boring-agentWhy the most reliable production agents look surprisingly unambitious.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTdevai-agentsllmproductionsimplicitydevoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/local-agent-benchmarkshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/local-agent-benchmarksFive local models against the same multi-step agent task on RTX 4090. Qwen 3.5 14B wins on tool-call reliability.Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTexperimentbenchmarklocal-llmqwenllamamistralgemmaagentsoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/stop-writing-readme-fileshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/stop-writing-readme-filesWhy CLAUDE.md should be short, terse, and scoped.Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTdevclaude-codeclaude-mdcontextprompt-engineeringdevoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/rag-without-vectorshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/rag-without-vectorsFor corpora under ~10k documents, Postgres full-text search matches pgvector on retrieval and answer quality.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTexperimentragpostgrespgvectorfull-text-searchretrievaloldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/claude-memoryhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/claude-memoryHow I keep memory alive across Claude Code sessions. Started as a few folders of markdown files. Now a 33 GB SQLite + Chroma stack plus a small file-based index.Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTexperimentaiclaudememorysqliteclaude-memhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/claude-code-skillshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/claude-code-skillsPackage reusable workflows as Claude Code skills - folder + SKILL.md, narrow scope, clear trigger.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTdevclaude-codeskillsagentsworkflowoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/running-local-llmshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/running-local-llmsPractical guide to running capable open-weight models on 16-32 GB RAM laptops with a half-decent GPU.Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTtiplocal-llmollamallama-cppqwenlm-studiooldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/zimage-fluxvaehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/zimage-fluxvaeThree distinct approaches in late 2025 OSS image-gen: Flux.2 for complex scenes (32B, 24GB+ VRAM), Ovis Image for typography (7B), Z-Image Turbo for fast photorealism (6B, 8 steps).Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTtechnologyaiimage-generationfluxz-imageoviscomfyuioldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/thermal-palettes-davinci-resolvehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/thermal-palettes-davinci-resolveFLIR-style thermal palettes downsized to 10 colors for DaVinci Resolve compatibility.Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTphotographydavinci-resolvecolor-gradingthermalflirvideophotographyoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/ai-powered-creativityhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/ai-powered-creativityJeremy Utley on collaborating with AI for better creative output.Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTthoughtaicreativityproductivityoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/mobile-thermal-camerashttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/mobile-thermal-camerasSmartphone thermal modules and thermal-equipped phones compared.Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTtechnologythermal-imaginghardwaresmartphoneoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/uv-printing-mythshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/uv-printing-mythsMisconceptions about UV printing - environment, materials, quality, speed, cost.Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTtechnologyprintinguv-printingoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/every-eye-animal-kingdomhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/every-eye-animal-kingdomEvolution solved seeing in wildly different ways across species, from simple light detection to complex vision systems.Wed, 14 May 2025 08:00:00 GMTthoughtbiologyevolutionvisioneyeswiredoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/government-surveillance-protestshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/government-surveillance-protestsSurveillance methods deployed at protests and practical countermeasures for data minimization.Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTit-securityprivacysurveillanceprotestsopsecit-securityoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/ai-system-promptshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/ai-system-promptsLeaked system prompts reveal how major AI models are configured to behave.Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTtipsystem-promptchatgptgeminigrokclaudeperplexitycursordevinreplitoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/helios-44-2https://patrickgawron.com/notes/helios-44-2Insights on the famous Soviet Helios 58mm f/2 lens known for its swirly bokeh.Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTphotographyphotographyhelios-44-2kmzlensbokehvintage-lensoldreviewneeds-contenthttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/kochketohttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/kochketoEmpfehlung für kochketo.de - informative Keto-Seite mit Grafiken, Erklärungen, Rezepten und druckbaren PDF-Listen keto-geeigneter Lebensmittel.Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTketoketorecipeshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/usb_bluescreenhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/usb_bluescreenWindows 10 blue screen (BSOD) on USB write - SYSTEM_SERVICE_ERROR fix via registryMon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMTitwindowstroubleshootinghttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/js-speedup-hack-youtubehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/js-speedup-hack-youtubeHow to hack Youtube to watch videos faster than 2x using JavaScript in the browser consoleSat, 10 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMTitjavascriptyoutubehackshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/localstorage_togglehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/localstorage_toggleA reusable JavaScript pattern for toggling element states and persisting them in localStorage.Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTsnippetjavascriptcsslocalStoragetogglehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/css_layoutshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/css_layoutsAwesome CSS Layout Resources - fast effective css layout templatesSun, 18 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTitcsslayouthttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/css_buttonshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/css_buttonsRecreated button design with colored shadow offset effect, inspired by commonfoods.com.Sat, 17 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTsnippetcssdesignhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/recover-sound-from-imageshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/recover-sound-from-imagesDr. Abe Davis's research on restoring sound from video by capturing sub-pixel vibrations in objects.Sat, 17 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTtechnologyaudiovideoimage-processingalgorithmhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/magnet-workspace-window-organizerhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/magnet-workspace-window-organizerMagnet - a macOS window organizer that lets you move windows with hotkeys or draggingTue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTitmacossoftwarehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/sql-db-editor-dbeaver-heidisqlhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/sql-db-editor-dbeaver-heidisqlSQL Database Editors - HeidiSQL and DBeaver, two awesome and free products for SQL editingTue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTitdatabasesqlsoftwarehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/extpwgenhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/extpwgenExtended version of the secure password generator with additional rules: no special chars at start/end, no double spaces.Sat, 03 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTsnippetjavascriptsecuritypassword-generatorcryptoAPIhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/image_shredhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/image_shredAn image shredder and simulated annealing unshredder using HTML5 Canvas.Sat, 03 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTsnippetjavascriptcanvasimage-processinghttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/imguploadhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/imguploadMinimal JavaScript snippet for previewing an uploaded image file using FileReader.Sat, 03 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTsnippetjavascriptfile-uploadhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/pwgenhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/pwgenConfigurable secure JavaScript random password generator using crypto.getRandomValues instead of Math.random.Fri, 02 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTsnippetjavascriptsecuritypassword-generatorcryptoAPIhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/markdeep_muboard_texmehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/markdeep_muboard_texmeTools for writing simple text in markdown and rendering it in the browser, with LaTeX Math supportSun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTitmarkdownlatexhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/python_utf8_issuehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/python_utf8_issueSolutions for Python UnicodeDecodeError when working with UTF-8 encoded textSun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTdevpythonunicodehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/design_0002https://patrickgawron.com/notes/design_0002Dark theme button design with sign-in and subscribe buttons, inspired by MIT Technology Review.Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTsnippetcssdesignhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/typing_faster_workmanhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/typing_faster_workmanExploring optimized keyboard layouts like Workman and practicing typing to increase speedSat, 27 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTitkeyboardoptimizationhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/md_tablehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/md_tableExamples of different markdown table formats and alignment options in Markdeep.Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTsnippetmarkdowntablehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/php_mysqlhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/php_mysqlA legacy PHP MySQL database driver class with query, connect, disconnect, and error handling methods.Fri, 26 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTsnippetphpmysqlhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/css_togglehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/css_toggleA pure CSS toggle component that shows/hides content without JavaScript, using checkbox state.Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTsnippetcsstogglehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/css_toggleswitchhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/css_toggleswitchA pure CSS toggle switch component with on/off states that conditionally shows content.Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTsnippetcsstoggleswitchhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/css_collapsehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/css_collapseA pure CSS collapsible content section using a hidden checkbox to toggle visibility.Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTsnippetcsscollapsehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/rdfinhtmlhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/rdfinhtmlNotes on RDFa, Dublin Core, and semantic meta tags in HTML.Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTdevrdfrdfahtmldublin-coresemantic-webmetadataoldreviewneeds-contenthttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/vscodepython_nomodule_srchttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/vscodepython_nomodule_srcFix for ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'src' when running Python in VSCodeWed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTdevpythonvscodehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/date-librarieshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/date-librariesComparison of JavaScript date libraries: moment.js, date-fns, and day.js by size and usageWed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTdevjavascriptnpmhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/datefnshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/datefnsdate-fns JavaScript date library usage exampleWed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTdevjavascriptnpmhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/dayjshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/dayjsday.js JavaScript date library usage exampleWed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTdevjavascriptnpmhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/momentjshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/momentjsmoment.js JavaScript date library usage exampleWed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTdevjavascriptnpmhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/browsermarkhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/browsermarkA cool browser feature for marking/highlighting text in URLs using the text fragment syntaxThu, 18 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTitbrowserhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/games-001https://patrickgawron.com/notes/games-001Open-World-Action-Adventure in Night City - V als gesetzloser Söldner auf der Suche nach dem Unsterblichkeits-Chip.Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTthoughtcyberpunk-2077gamingcd-projektnight-cityoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/calisthenicshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/calisthenicsA progression tree showing calisthenics exercise paths from basics to advanced skills.Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTsnippetfitnesscalisthenicshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/thd-aihttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/thd-aiCurriculum overview of the B.Sc. AI program at THD university, year 2021. Imported from old patrickgawron.com.Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTtechnologyaiuniversitythdcurriculumoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/cyberchef-cyber-swiss-army-knifehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/cyberchef-cyber-swiss-army-knifeA web app by GCHQ for encryption, encoding, compression and data analysis -- overview of useful operations, examples, and offline usage.Sat, 07 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMTit-securityencryptiontoolsbase64hexregexhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/how-to-open-url-files-in-linuxhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/how-to-open-url-files-in-linuxHow to Open .URL files in Ubuntu LinuxMon, 08 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMTitlinuxhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/tipps-nach-meniskus-kreuzbandplastik-knie-ophttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/tipps-nach-meniskus-kreuzbandplastik-knie-opPraktische Tipps und Rehabilitationsübungen nach einer Meniskus- oder Kreuzbandplastik Knie-OP aus eigener Erfahrung.Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTthoughtthoughtshttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/blood-moon-around-the-worldhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/blood-moon-around-the-worldPhotos and observations from the special cosmic event on July 27, 2018 - a lunar eclipse turning into a blood moon, with Mars shining bright nearby.Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTphotographyhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/surface-one-photography-sliderhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/surface-one-photography-sliderA look at the edelkrone Surface one motorized photography slider - a smartphone-controlled tool for creative photo and video shots.Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTphotographyhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/wie-messe-ich-ketonehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/wie-messe-ich-ketoneAnleitung zum Messen von Ketonen in verschiedenen Phasen der Ketose - von Urinteststreifen bis zum Blutzuckermessgerät GlucoMen LX Plus.Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTketohttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/multi-threaded-7zip-brotli-lz4https://patrickgawron.com/notes/multi-threaded-7zip-brotli-lz4Multi-threaded 7-Zip with Zstandard, Brotli, Lz4, Lz5 and Lizard Compression supportTue, 30 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTitlinuxcompressionpythonhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/keto-rezept-bulletproof-coffeehttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/keto-rezept-bulletproof-coffeeDas Keto-Frühstück schlechthin: Bulletproof Coffee mit Butter und MCT-Öl.Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTketohttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/thd-wi7https://patrickgawron.com/notes/thd-wi7Curriculum-Snapshot 7. Semester WI an der Technischen Hochschule Deggendorf: E-/M-Business, Screen Design, wissensbasierte Systeme, KI, Wissensmanagement, maschinelles Lernen, Agenten.Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTitthdstudiumwirtschaftsinformatikcurriculumkiuxoldreviewhttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/ketogene-ernaehrunghttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/ketogene-ernaehrungUmfassende Einführung in die ketogene Ernährung mit Erklärungen zu Ketose, erlaubten und verbotenen Lebensmitteln, und praktischen Tipps.Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMTketohttps://patrickgawron.com/notes/thd-wi5https://patrickgawron.com/notes/thd-wi5Curriculum-Snapshot 5. Semester WI an der Technischen Hochschule Deggendorf: Content Management, Data Warehouse, IT-Sicherheit, Informatik-Controlling, ERP, Internetworking, Projektmanagement.Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMTitthdstudiumwirtschaftsinformatikcurriculumoldreview