# Technococo

> Adventures in Autonomy


## Posts

- [The AI Companies Warning Us About the Fire Are Selling the Extinguishers](https://technococo.com/the-ai-companies-warning-us-about-the-fire-are-selling-the-extinguishers/): A skeptical look at the open letter on AI-enabled cyberattacks, the commercial defense products behind it, and what government collaboration may mean in practice.
- [I Accidentally Applied Home Lab Thinking to AI Agents](https://technococo.com/i-accidentally-applied-home-lab-thinking-to-ai-agents/): After building a home lab, one lesson emerged: the thing doing the work should not also be responsible for orchestrating itself. That principle applies equally to AI agents.
- [Design as Harm: The EU's Case Against Addictive Platforms](https://technococo.com/design-as-harm-the-eus-case-against-addictive-platforms/): On July 10, the European Commission found that Meta's engagement machinery—infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications—violates the Digital Services Act. For the first time, a regulator is saying design itself can be illegal.
- [Who Owns Your Conversation with an AI?](https://technococo.com/who-owns-your-conversation-with-an-ai/): Bryan D. Lawrence — Skeptical systems builder ## The Gist – Every conversation with a cloud LLM lives on the vendor’s servers, organized and indexed by…
- [Why Your Wi-Fi Is Slow — and It's Probably the Router](https://technococo.com/why-your-wi-fi-is-slow-and-its-probably-the-router/): The gigabit plan isn't the lie. The blinking black box in the corner of the room usually is.
- [[MCP-only test] Should Home Assistant Let a Local AI Control Your House?](https://technococo.com/mcp-only-test-should-home-assistant-let-a-local-ai-control-your-house/): A practical guide to connecting Home Assistant and Ollama without confusing local processing with safe permissions.
- [Should Home Assistant Let a Local AI Control Your House?](https://technococo.com/home-assistant-ollama-control/): A practical guide to connecting Home Assistant and Ollama without confusing local processing with safe permissions.
- [Could Home Assistant Become a Ransomware Vector?](https://technococo.com/could-home-assistant-become-a-ransomware-vector/): Home Assistant is not a ransomware platform, but connected automation can become a dangerous control plane when an agent has too much authority.
- [Is Ollama Now the Hybrid AI Platform Your Homelab Needed?](https://technococo.com/is-ollama-now-the-hybrid-ai-platform-your-homelab-needed/): The Coco Ollama has expanded from a local-model runner into a platform connecting local models, cloud models, web search, and coding agents. Cloud models use the…

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