BSides San Diego | Keeping Things Local – Making Your Own Private LLM

Want a private, secure AI assistant without relying on OpenAI, Microsoft, or Anthropic? This hands-on workshop teaches you how to set up, customize, and optimize a local LLM using open-source tools. Step-by-step demos will guide you through installation, fine-tuning, and best practices for efficiency and privacy. Take control of your AI – your data, your rules. 🚀

SCaLE | Keeping Things Local – Making Your Own Private LLM

Build your own private ChatGPT. Learn to set up, customize, and optimize a local LLM for secure, efficient, and private use.

LLMs and Prompt Engineering

I spoke at this year’s LayerOne conference about how to craft good prompts when working with LLMs like ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, and Ollama.

Sanitize Before You Share

I hate it when people share links that have tons of tracking codes attached. It’s especially annoying when the people doing it work in cybersecurity like I do.