I have to say that my first touch with ClaraVerse AI tool stack leaves me impressed. Certainly some bugs to work through and some features to finish, but dang, it feels like another step. For someone just jumping into self-hosted AI features, this is pretty amazing. For someone that already has a pretty well defined self-hosted, but centralized AI stack, the configuration is a little fiddly. I have a dedicated machine with GPU power for Ollama, N8N, ComfyUI, Open WebUI, Perplexica, a bunch of MCPs and a voice stack for TTS/STT etc. I prefer to just point everything there. It is, however, quite beautiful and I can see this as my daily driver in the future. It combines so much in a single package that it's quite amazing. Between VSCode and ClaraVerse, my AI software stack may have just become less messy. I know nothing about the developers, their ethics, etc. They seem focused on local AI, so they can't be all bad. It is multi-platform. Would recommend checking it out.

ClaraVerse

ClaraVerse - Privacy-First AI Assistant & Agent Builder

Complete AI development suite with LumaUI web dev, ComfyUI image generation, N8N automation, and local LLMs. 100% private and offline.

#ai #llm #localai #claraverse #ollama #openwebui

Nostr over Reticulum network would be an interesting development. Certainly some technical hurdles to work through, but the payoff could be substantial. Reticulum currently has the NomadNet which can serve as a static site or BBS, but in general, group chat or collaboration is pretty weak for Reticulum (based on what I presently know about it). Nostr could be that group chat, persistent messaging, community building, micro-economy tool that could also bridge Reticulum node relays to clear-net and/or I2P relays if so desired. This is something I would like to ponder for a while...

I've been spending time researching, building, and testing different resilient and mesh type networks and hardware. I started playing with #Meshtastic but keep getting pulled towards #Reticulum network and #RNodes. Meshtastic has the marketing, ease of entry, and hardware support. In actual execution it suffers the same downsides as FMRS radios. Reticulum is something much more. A complete encryption first network stack capable of leveraging the best path whether that's across the internet, across ISM band or other radio links or both. The ability to cache messages in the network until a node becomes available again, and no arbitrary three hop limit is a plus. Being able to text with someone out of eyesight through the radio and also with someone on the other side of the globe at the same time is very interesting. What it lacks is the fit, polish, marketing, and momentum of Meshtastic. In every other way, I find it to be superior. Oh, you can also send images, voice messages and files over Reticulum as well. Here is my first Reticulum node running Meshchat on a Raspberry Pi connected to a RAK flashed with RNode all powered with PoE. I'm building a few of these to start building out a local/regional network over time.

When you think about it, hay farming is just a lawn mowing businesss at an industrial scale. #haystr #farmstr

Hay farmers would have felt a deep connection to the Windows XP default desktop wallpaper.

This is my draw from the hat picks for the annual family competition. Not a bad draw, not the best. #Indy500 #IMS

View from turn 1 on the main straight before the start of the 2025 Indianapolis 500. #Indy500 #IMS

Morning dawns for the 2025 Indianapolis 500. #IMS #indy500

Pretty good action at Indianapolis 500 practice. #indy500

Skipping work today to take my boy to practice for the 2025 Indianapolis 500.

Shot of practice for those hoping to make it into the last row of the 2025 Indianapolis 500. #BumpDay #Indy500

Great day with the family at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for qualifications for the 2025 Indianapolis 500. #IMS #Indy500

This is my version of heaven on earth. Sitting in my tractor watching my daughter practice patterns on her horse while my son practices riding motorcycles in the snow. #farmlife #winning #grownostr #motorcycles #horses #tractor

Beautiful day for qualifications at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway #IMS #Indy500

GM nostr! Decided to take a father son trip to #motogp race in #austin #texas the weather was fantastic and the racing action was epic. Highly recommend if you're in the area for 2025. Now we're taking a couple of days to explore southeast Texas and maybe see some big #rockets #grownostr

Happy Easter! In our family we do Easter egg hunts a little differently. Easter eggs filled with tannerite. Kids get prizes for hitting the eggs. #easter #grownostr #2A

The day begins with a new starter on an old tractor. Life is good. #grownostr #international #674 #farmlife

Found another colony of "chicken of the woods" mushrooms in another part of the forest on my evening walk. #mushrooms #grownostr #itm

#nostr seemed really quiet for me over the last couple of days. I just noticed that all of my follows were somehow deleted. That sucks... Working to build up my list again. I'll need to keep a closer eye on that as I'm not sure how that happened. I do use several different clients,maybe one had a bug...

Another group of interesting mushrooms from our day of foraging. Not eating these, but they are nice to look at. #mushroom #foraging #outdoors