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Notes from building ModDog: running AI moderation on self-hosted GPUs, and what we learn the hard way.

From 20 messages a second to nearly 1,000: the prototype fleet that proved ModDog

The rig I cobbled together to learn the domain and prove the product was viable, and what the paid service runs on now that it is.

AMD and Intel are dipping their toes into AI at your expense

Intel archived its own AI software while I owned the card. AMD shipped a flagship model its own "AI PRO" card can't run. If they won't support these cards, they owe us the firmware.

Six weeks with Intel's Arc Pro B70 in a production inference fleet

A $1,000 32GB workstation GPU that crashes under sustained LLM serving load. Everything we ruled out, every workaround that failed, and what to buy instead.