Off-grid neighborhood AI: old MacBook + SDR + Meshtastic LoRa local inference cluster
natesiggard · x · 2026-11-15
A developer is building a community resilience setup: an old MacBook Pro running Omarchy with SDR gear feeding an OSINT dashboard, plus a local inference cluster reachable over Meshtastic LoRa — solar-powered local AI that stays up if the grid goes down. He plans to publish findings for crowdsourcing more solar and nodes, leveraging city resiliency grants and local HAM radio enthusiasts.
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