Hardware isn't obsolete just because a software vendor says so.

We start where every infrastructure project should — with the actual hardware, wiring, and config. The build is documented for engineers who want to replicate it, not for slide decks.

We're documenting a build that turns retired i7 desktops into a distributed local AI cluster — Debian 12, NFS-backed shared storage, and llama.cpp's RPC backend pooling RAM across nodes for inference too large for any one machine.

What subscribers get:

• A roadmap to continuous ROI on hardware your OS vendor has written off. When the next forced upgrade lands, you say no.
• Full build documentation, step by step
• Benchmarks — real numbers, not vendor specs
• The "gotchas" — what broke, what we expected to work but didn't
• Configuration files, scripts, and lessons we wish we'd had upfront

We're looking for our Critical 20 — the first twenty subscribers who'll help shape the conversation. The first deep dive ships once we hit that mark.

If you have high-performance silicon sitting idle, you don't have e-waste. You have a localized AI node waiting to happen.

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