PHNTM One — Build log Engineering notes from building a private, local AI appliance by hand. https://www.phntmcore.com/blog 2026-10-08T04:00:00Z Jacob DeCamp The model was the easy part: turning a Pi into a desk assistanthttps://www.phntmcore.com/blog/from-pi-project-to-ai-appliance2026-10-08T04:00:00Z2026-10-08T04:00:00ZJacob DeCamp on building PHNTM One: shared RAM, local documents, original notes, honest failure reporting and the limits of offline AI. Software 0.8: autonomy, on the record https://www.phntmcore.com/changelog 2026-09-26T00:00:00Z 2026-09-26T00:00:00Z Autonomous mode, repairs with a verified undo, a running score of every fix, and the September security work: every software release from the first builds to 0.8. Running a private AI assistant on a Raspberry Pi 5 https://www.phntmcore.com/blog/private-ai-on-raspberry-pi-5 2026-08-20T00:00:00Z 2026-09-30T00:00:00Z The Raspberry Pi 5 hardware and local voice stack, the 8 GB memory budget, dated performance evidence, a real hardware clip and repeatable privacy checks. The mini-PC I returned: choosing hardware for a local AI appliance https://www.phntmcore.com/blog/choosing-hardware-for-a-local-ai-appliance 2026-08-20T00:00:00Z 2026-08-20T00:00:00Z Why an N5095 mini-PC got returned (no AVX2, an ACPI interrupt storm), what the prototype taught us, and why production PHNTM One units are built on the Raspberry Pi 5.