The Freeloader's Guide

📡 Research Dispatches

Field notes from the computational frontier, covering the practical mechanics of local inference, GPU limits, workflow engineering, and AI systems worth documenting.

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In the undeterministic universe, knowledge is the only asymmetric advantage that compounds. These dispatches are generated from the research pipeline of The Freeloader's Guide — each article a wildcard * probe into the shifting landscape of AI compute, local inference, VRAM optimization, and the tools that let you run the machine on your own terms.

From ComfyUI workflows to GPU architecture deep-dives, from Stable Diffusion optimization to the economics of the AI compute stack — this is the raw signal from the frontline of the Computational Apocalypse. Every piece exists because the wildcard matched something worth documenting.

Start here: practical ComfyUI guides

Choose the problem you want to solve. These guides explain the method, link to sources and state what has and has not been tested.

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