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Notes on building Aegis — features, decisions, and what's next.
September 23, 2026
Paying for your MCPs? You can set most of them up yourself for free
A growing number of MCP marketplaces charge $9–149/month for access to servers that are often free and open-source underneath. Here's what you're actually paying for, and when you don't need to.
September 21, 2026
You don't need to pay for tokens — use the computer you already have
Cloud AI meters everything by the token, and automation is exactly where that adds up. Here's what changes when the model runs on your own machine instead.
September 15, 2026
Aegis vs. AnythingLLM vs. LM Studio: why flexibility matters in local AI tools
A close, fact-checked look at where two well-known local-AI tools box you in — and the specific design choices in Aegis that avoid the same trap.
September 13, 2026
Welcome to the Aegis blog
Why we're starting a blog, and what to expect here.