Self-Hosting Honcho: Free Local Memory for My Hermes Agent
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Software developer, 9+ years. Now I make YouTube videos about AI coding tools. Honest reviews, real setups, zero hype. If I recommend it, I've run it.
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Hi, I'm Nidhi. I wrote software for 9+ years. Now I break AI tools on camera so you don't have to.
Every video starts the same way: I actually install the thing. On my Mac, on a Raspberry Pi cluster, in a Docker container at 1am. If it survives that, it earns a review. If it doesn't, the troubleshooting makes the final cut. My viewers say that's the best part.
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I came here to learn something about AI, don't understand half of what you're saying, and i still keep coming back every night anyway. its a ritual at this point....
Thanks Nidhi for this painstaking work — I actually enjoyed the troubleshooting more. Excellent and very well done, will be subscribing to the channel as well. I love it 🤩🤩
Thank you very much for this video! I've got it up and running first try. Works like a charm.
ive also been using honcho, but blindly lol. thanks for breaking this down in an easly digestible way
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