Why I use it
Its job in the stack
I use Ollama when the model should run on a machine I control. It is useful for local experiments, repetitive transformations and material that should not be sent to a hosted model without a deliberate decision.
Local does not automatically mean better. Hardware limits, model quality and operational effort must be weighed against the privacy and control gained.
Where it earns its place
Work I use it for
- 01Local inference
- 02Private experiments
- 03Offline model access
- 04Testing open models
Limits
What it does not solve
Performance and context capacity depend on local hardware. Model licenses and provenance still need review.