Local AI apps on a MacBook at zero marginal cost via Pinokio — MLX is alive and well
cocktailpeanut · x · 2026-08-19
Developer cocktailpeanut (creator of Pinokio) quotes a user's hands-on report: running local AI apps through Pinokio on a MacBook is pretty impressive nowadays, at zero marginal cost. With a Twain-style quip, he pushes back on claims that "MLX is dead" — the local AI ecosystem is very much alive.
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