There is a distinct, almost magical phase when you first acquire a modern, highly capable car. For the first few weeks, your focus is entirely on the pure experience of driving. You enjoy the smooth acceleration, the responsive handling, and the quiet comfort of the cabin. You simply press the pedal and go, trusting the …
AI, AI models, cost, efficiency, full monty, OpenRouter, OpenWebUI, quality
Learning yEd: A Working Reference
Captain Walker
After many years of working with all sorts of flow charting and mapping software, I recently discovered yED quite by accident. If Draw.io is a Jaguar, then yED is a Rolls Royce and a Lambo all in one. Teslas are not in this race! đ What’s in the ‘tin’? It’s best to say how it …
charts, creating, efficiency, flowcharts, graphs, learning, maps, mindmaps, thinking, tools, yEd
Long form breakthrough with AI models
Captain Walker
In mid-August 2026, I explored the shifting landscape of API pricing and what it meant for professionals relying on artificial intelligence for deep, sustained analysis. See: DeepSeek’s New API Pricing: What It Actually Means for Heavy Users – The Captain’s Watch. The core premise of that piece remains entirely unchanged: for serious analytical work, direct …
AI models, analysis, API, breakthrough, cost, deepseek, efficiency, flowchart, glm, long-form, OpenWebUI
An advanced guide to AI model configuration
This is an advanced guide for people who on Windows 11 have setup OpenWebUI on Docker and have configured API settings to various AI models. Why this? The powerhouse models like DeepSeek V4 Pro, Kimi K3 and GLM (now at 5.3) – all coming out of China – have been increasing their rates for API …
OpenWebUI: Disabling Default Knowledge Base Searches on Base Models
Problem After upgrading OpenWebUI (observed from v0.11.x onwards), every chat triggers a search across all knowledge collections â even on base models with no knowledge collections attached. This occurs because the “Knowledge Base” builtin tool is enabled by default on all models. When enabled, it allows the model to autonomously search all knowledge collections as …
Headlines, hysteria and hardâboiled facts
I got a WhatsApp ping from a colleague: a BBC link, a dramatic headline, and a friendly warning â âLook after yourself if you eat egg.â Then “Eggs.. we feed them to our dogs.” I did what sensible people do: skimmed, sighed, and then read the piece properly. The headline had done its job. Me? …
