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How to Run GLM-5.2 Locally (2026): Ollama, VRAM, and the Honest Hardware Bill

You want to run GLM-5.2 on your own hardware. Maybe it’s the MIT license. Maybe it’s the 1M-token context. Maybe you’re just done sending your codebase to someone else’s GPU. Good news: it’s possible. Bad news: probably not on the machine you’re thinking of, and the internet is full of guides that pretend otherwise. This… Continue reading How to Run GLM-5.2 Locally (2026): Ollama, VRAM, and the Honest Hardware Bill

Chat Control 1.0 Passed Through the Back Door (EU, 2026)

On July 9, 2026, 314 members of the European Parliament voted to kill mass chat scanning. That was more than the opposition — 276 MEPs voted to keep it. The rejection won. And the law passed anyway. Here’s the sentence that should make every builder’s blood run cold, then boil: a majority of voting MEPs… Continue reading Chat Control 1.0 Passed Through the Back Door (EU, 2026)

EU Chat Control 2026: The Deadline Every Builder Should Know

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Update (August 15, 2026): The fight moved faster than anyone predicted. Parliament killed the scanning derogation in March — then it came back through a procedural back door in July. Read the verified sequel: Chat Control 1.0 Passed Through the Back Door. The wallet deadline below still stands. Brussels has a date with your inbox.… Continue reading EU Chat Control 2026: The Deadline Every Builder Should Know

GLM-5.2 vs Local Qwen vs Opus: Which Should You Run in 2026?

Pick the right local model before you spend $1,200 on a GPU upgrade — and know exactly when the Opus API bill is still worth it. That’s the only question that matters in 2026. The “best coding LLM” leaderboard has been answered a dozen times this year on YouTube and Twitter, and the answers are… Continue reading GLM-5.2 vs Local Qwen vs Opus: Which Should You Run in 2026?