Digital Alchemy
is where the technical side of Fires of Alchemy lives.
It’s a tech space for tutorials, experiments, and real-world setups that prioritise autonomy, privacy, and understanding how the systems around us actually work.
This isn’t about chasing the latest platform or optimising productivity for its own sake.
It’s about learning enough to make informed choices — whether that’s self-hosting a service, understanding the trade-offs of convenience, or building your own tools instead of outsourcing your agency.
Recent Posts:
Local AI Content Workflow on iPhone — PocketPal, Shortcuts & Edits
I've been building a content workflow that runs entirely on my phone — no cloud uploads, no subscription AI, no internet required after setup.
In this video I walk through the full process: editing the video in the Edits app, extracting audio with a custom Shortcuts workflow, transcribing locally using the built-in iOS transcription engine, and then running that transcript through PocketPal — a small local language model running on-device — to generate title and description drafts.
🧑🏻💻 Run AI on Your Own Computer: Local Models, Privacy & the Tools I Actually Use
In this video I walk you through the exact workflow I use to transcribe my videos locally and then feed that transcript into a local AI model — all running on my own computer, no cloud, no subscriptions, no data leaving your device.
Tripod Review - TONEOF 68" Magnetic Cell Phone Tripod with Light (Amazon)
Tripod Review - TONEOF 68" Magnetic Cell Phone Tripod with Light (Amazon)
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