https://wasabi.essi.upc.edu/ludo/en/tags/ai/Recent content in Ai on Marc Alier (Ludo)Hugo -- gohugo.ioenmarc.alier@upc.edu (Marc Alier)marc.alier@upc.edu (Marc Alier)© 2026 Marc AlierMon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://wasabi.essi.upc.edu/ludo/en/posts/local-llms-as-bulk-tools/Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000marc.alier@upc.edu (Marc Alier)https://wasabi.essi.upc.edu/ludo/en/posts/local-llms-as-bulk-tools/<p>In one recent run I had local LLMs going for more than 28 hours, chewing through 437 markdown files. The model used was <code>qwen3.5:122b</code>, served via Ollama working two Mac Studios on a private LAN. The task was unglamorous: read a file, return a JSON with a two-sentence summary, the named persons mentioned, the topic tags, the key-ideas the file argues. Repeat. Aggregate across files. Write per-entry scaffolds.</p>