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OpenClaw was the open-source agent of the moment in January. By late May, Nous Research's Hermes Agent has taken the top spot on OpenRouter. How to think about which one to install, and where each still wins.
Most 'Windows AI' rigs are running Linux in a trench coat. The quiet cost shows up in VRAM, drivers, and the boring infrastructure decisions that make Linux faster for AI workloads.
Every few months somebody asks me what GPU to buy for running local AI. The honest answer in 2026 is the same one I gave in 2024: a used RTX 3090. Here's why the math keeps working out that way.
Self-hosting LLMs is a real option in 2026, and wildly oversold. The honest list of when local actually beats the cloud, and when paying for a subscription is the smarter call.
If you've been exploring AI tools lately, you may have heard the term RAG thrown around — short for Retrieval-Augmented Generation. It