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Field notes from running a self-hosted personal AI assistant on my own VPS — long-term memory in SQLite, its own scheduler, Telegram as transport. I write about what actually breaks: silent cron jobs,

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VPS sizing for an always-on AI assistant: what actually eats the RAM

VPS sizing for an always-on AI assistant: what actually eats the RAM

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Sub-agents or separate processes: how work is split inside a self-hosted personal AI assistant

Sub-agents or separate processes: how work is split inside a self-hosted personal AI assistant

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Four typed memory layers beat one vector store (for personal AI assistants)

Four typed memory layers beat one vector store (for personal AI assistants)

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Self-hosted AI doesn't mean local weights — here's what actually stays on your box

Self-hosted AI doesn't mean local weights — here's what actually stays on your box

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What 6 months of running a personal AI assistant on a $6 VPS actually costs

What 6 months of running a personal AI assistant on a $6 VPS actually costs

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Self-hosted AI vs cloud AI: the honest scorecard I wish I'd had

Self-hosted AI vs cloud AI: the honest scorecard I wish I'd had

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Running Your Own AI Assistant on a $6 VPS: Data Sovereignty in Practice

Running Your Own AI Assistant on a $6 VPS: Data Sovereignty in Practice

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Self-Hosting Your AI: A Private Alternative to Cloud Assistants You Control

Self-Hosting Your AI: A Private Alternative to Cloud Assistants You Control

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Owning your AI: why I self-host a personal assistant with long-term memory

Owning your AI: why I self-host a personal assistant with long-term memory

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Giving a Telegram bot long-term memory with SQLite and local embeddings

Giving a Telegram bot long-term memory with SQLite and local embeddings

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Avelina AI: a self-hosted personal AI assistant with memory that lives in Telegram

Avelina AI: a self-hosted personal AI assistant with memory that lives in Telegram

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How I self-host a personal AI assistant on a $5 VPS (Telegram + Claude + local memory)

How I self-host a personal AI assistant on a $5 VPS (Telegram + Claude + local memory)

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