From our last post, we experienced the power of distilled models: saving time, leveraging knowledge learned from mature models, and generating decent outputs. What if we apply the exact same concept to investment planning? I wanted to build a stock-screening strategy focused on high-quality value stocks without spending 40 hours
In our previous beginner's guide to ComfyUI, we broke down how to run a modern text-to-image model in ComfyUI with only 8GB of VRAM. Today, we are expanding your horizon. We will cover the best additional local options that comfortably run on 8GB VRAM. In this follow-up, we
Running next-generation AI image generators does not require an expensive enterprise workstation. At CodeAStar, we focus on helping beginners and enthusiasts experiment with the latest technologies using affordable and accessible configurations. Even if you do not own a high-end GPU with 24GB, 40GB, or more VRAM, you can still create
Say goodbye to API keys, token bills, and data leaks. Let's discover how to create a fully local LLM(Large Language Model) chatbot using Ollama and a modern Python setup in 10 minutes. Whether you are a developer, privacy advocate, or AI enthusiast, this guide will walk you
The programming landscape in 2026 feels almost unrecognizable from just two years ago. Vibe coding has entered the mainstream, AI writes a quarter of Google's new code, and the job market rewards people who can work with AI as much as against it. The question is no longer
You may have noticed our site has undergone a complete transformation. It's true, it's true, it's true, we have officially switched our platform from WordPress to Ghost. Reasons to Change Since our founding in 2017, CodeAStar has been a hub for exploring and sharing
In our last post, we explored how to generate images using FLUX. This time, we are taking a step further, by using generative AI to generate videos. The most popular generative video nowadays is Sora from OpenAI. But it is not freely available. Then we go for another popular choice,
In 2023, we introduced Stable Diffusion [1] [2] to our readers. Since then, things have been changing a lot. The technology behind image generation continues to improve day after day. So right now, let us introduce the supernova in the AI image generation model family, FLUX. What the is FLUX?
In our last post, Learn how to use Stable Diffusion - Part 1, we mentioned sampling methods and stated that this is a huge topic. Right now, let's continue our Stable Diffusion learning journey. Besides discussing the main course, Sampling Methods, we are going to have appetizers as
We have been learning programming and AI since the beginning of this website. Now, we are excited to explore the world of generative AI art using the Stable Diffusion WebUI. This innovative web interface provides us with a simple and efficient way to generate AI art. In one of our
Should we move from JavaScript to TypeScript? For articles with a similar heading, the authors usually have the answer in their minds. But they intend to leave the answer in the last paragraph to lure readers to read the whole article. Or even worse, leave an ambiguous answer at the
We made our own Neural Machine Translator (NMT) in 2019, which helped us to translate Dutch to English. Now it is 2022, and many things have changed in the world of Data Science. The arrival of Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT), a pre-trained transformer model, in 2019 brought a