Articles by ollie

1. The future of AI feasibility

   AI isn't going anywhere, but the economics behind keeping it affordable are shakier than most people realise; here's how it's likely to play out.

   Written on 2026-05-18 by ollie

2. Thoughts on the Future of AI in Enterprise: You Shouldn’t Just Be the Interface

   As hyperscalers dominate enterprise AI, B2B SaaS companies should focus on embedding domain-specific AI tools and designing for seamless integration with enterprise AI stacks.

   Written on 2026-04-22 by ollie

3. Getting Kobo sync to work for Calibre Web on TrueNAS

   How to fix the “Download failed” issue for Kobo sync with Calibre Web on TrueNAS

   Written on 2026-04-05 by ollie

4. Building a Homebrew AI Cluster from Old Dell XPS Laptops

   Turning discarded office laptops into a DIY compute cluster for AI/ML workloads. It won't beat cloud GPUs, but it's a fun way to learn distributed computing on a budget while giving old hardware a second life.

   Written on 2025-08-30 by ollie

5. dlt Merge leading to Memory Overcommit in ClickHouse

   Root cause analysis of the dlt merge strategy leading to a Memory Overcommit error and possible options.

   Written on 2025-07-23 by ollie

6. Making a Wi-Fi picture frame with an old monitor

   Using an old monitor and a Raspberry Pi Zero to make a Wi-Fi enabled picture frame

   Written on 2024-02-04 by ollie

7. WhatsApp Android Image Scraper

   Automating WhatsApp image scraping via ADB, Python, and OCR

   Written on 2023-03-19 by ollie