I Built Speech-to-Text That Runs 100% On My Machine — No Cloud, No API Key (Whisper)

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  1. whisper.cpp

    Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++

    git clone https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp cd whisper.cpp && make ./models/download-ggml-model.sh base.en-q5_1 # ~75 MB quantized model

  2. AppSignal

    Monitoring that respects your time & budget. APM, error tracking, and dashboards for modern web apps. Ten-minute setup, transparent flat pricing, and support from engineers who actually use the product.

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  3. whisper-from-zero

    On-device speech-to-text dictation with Whisper (whisper.cpp + Electron). 100% local, no cloud. TechFromZero Day 47.

  4. supabase-rag-from-zero

    Chat with your docs - production RAG with Supabase pgvector and free local embeddings. Day 46 of TechFromZero.

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