https://www.csavoldi.net Homelab builds, local LLM experiments, and sysadmin lessons learned. en-us https://www.csavoldi.net/blog/posts/reviving-volta-qwen3-8-flash-next-on-two-tesla-v100s.html https://www.csavoldi.net/blog/posts/reviving-volta-qwen3-8-flash-next-on-two-tesla-v100s.html Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT CUDA 13 dropped Volta, so I patched my way around it. 53-58 tok/s from a 125B model on 2016-era hardware. https://www.csavoldi.net/blog/posts/wiring-up-a-local-llm-with-stt-and-tts-home-assistant.html https://www.csavoldi.net/blog/posts/wiring-up-a-local-llm-with-stt-and-tts-home-assistant.html Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Wrestling an LLM to turn off my lights. https://www.csavoldi.net/blog/posts/interfacing-with-the-machine.html https://www.csavoldi.net/blog/posts/interfacing-with-the-machine.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT SSH basics, plus the ports and protocols I keep running into in the homelab.