# DIBS

> A personal publication about local AI, the things I build, and what's worth your time.

Everything on this site is written by Shem Stephen. Essays are long-form, notes
are short, and the watch shelf is curated rather than exhaustive.


## Essays

- [Testing local models on my own machine](https://getdibs.io/essays/local-model-tests/)
- [Where my Claude Code tokens actually go](https://getdibs.io/essays/where-my-tokens-go/)

## Notes and links

- [Next-Concept Modeling: Fast, Parallel Coarse-to-Fine Text Generation](https://getdibs.io/notes/next-concept-modeling/)

## Projects

- [Ferry](https://getdibs.io/projects/ferry/)
- [getdibs](https://getdibs.io/projects/getdibs/)
- [LLM Switcher](https://getdibs.io/projects/llm-switcher/)
- [DePalo Consulting website](https://getdibs.io/projects/depalo-web/)
- [Dibs](https://getdibs.io/projects/dibs/)
- [Firasa](https://getdibs.io/projects/domain-classifier/)
- [Lockbench](https://getdibs.io/projects/lockbench/)
- [The compute is coming back to your desk](https://getdibs.io/projects/model-bench/)
- [Let's Touch Base](https://getdibs.io/projects/move-the-needle/)
- [Starkive Studio for macOS](https://getdibs.io/projects/starkive-mac/)
- [Starkive Manifest](https://getdibs.io/projects/starkive-manifest/)
- [Starkive Studio for Windows (archived)](https://getdibs.io/projects/starkive-studio-windows/)
- [starkive.app](https://getdibs.io/projects/starkive-web/)
- [Starkive Studio for Windows](https://getdibs.io/projects/starkive-windows/)

## Topics

- [Local AI](https://getdibs.io/topics/local-ai/) — Models that run on hardware you own, and what that changes about what you can build.
- [Claude Code](https://getdibs.io/topics/claude-code/) — Building with an AI agent every day: what it costs, how the work actually flows, and what holds up.
- [Building](https://getdibs.io/topics/building/) — Taking things from an idea to something people can install, and what it costs to get there.