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VLOG Thursday 511: 45 Drives Creator Summit, Projects, & Homelab Q&A

VLOG Thursday 511: 45 Drives Creator Summit, Projects, & Homelab Q&A

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00:00 What do you get to keep?
00:21 How an agent actually works
01:16 Hermes Agent and Nous Research
02:20 Sizing the VM and local model options
03:23 Installing Hermes
03:53 Setup and choosing DeepSeek Flash
04:54 Setup options and telemetry
05:47 First test
06:11 Running the web dashboard as a service
07:28 Hermes saves skills as it works
07:50 Resuming sessions
08:18 Web interface over an SSH tunnel
10:02 Models and providers
10:33 Setting up OpenRouter with a spend limit
11:30 Switching models and reasoning levels
12:13 The build prompt
13:46 Building TrueNAS monitoring from the prompt
14:48 Where alerts can go
15:48 What it cost
16:19 Graylog and when to switch models
17:30 Nous Portal vs OpenRouter speed
18:35 Provider logs and cache hit rate
19:21 My Hermes: deterministic cron jobs and alerts
21:50 Asking Hermes about its findings
23:17 Privacy: what goes to the model
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0:00 What do you get to keep?
0:21 How an agent actually works
1:16 Hermes Agent and Nous Research
2:20 Sizing the VM and local model options
3:23 Installing Hermes
3:53 Setup and choosing DeepSeek Flash
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7:50 Resuming sessions
8:18 Web interface over an SSH tunnel
10:02 Models and providers
10:33 Setting up OpenRouter with a spend limit
11:30 Switching models and reasoning levels
12:13 The build prompt
13:46 Building TrueNAS monitoring from the prompt
14:48 Where alerts can go
15:48 What it cost
16:19 Graylog and when to switch models
17:30 Nous Portal vs OpenRouter speed
18:35 Provider logs and cache hit rate
19:21 My Hermes: deterministic cron jobs and alerts
21:50 Asking Hermes about its findings
23:17 Privacy: what goes to the model
26:07 You still own the outcomes
26:58 Wrap up

What Do You Keep When You Cancel Your AI Subscription?

What Do You Keep When You Cancel Your AI Subscription?

Lawrence Systems October 19, 2026 1:16 am

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VLOG Thursday 510:Travel Presentations, Projects, & Homelab Q&A

VLOG Thursday 510:Travel Presentations, Projects, & Homelab Q&A

Lawrence Systems October 16, 2026 2:26 pm

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