[Day 1] DGX Spark Came Home — I Made It Draw a Cat So... what is "local LLM" again? Honestly, I'm still figuring out what "local LLM" even means. But somehow, through a series of decisions I won't fully justify here, I ended up buying an NVIDIA DGX Spark — and now it's sitting in my house. DGX Spark: NVIDIA's "supercomputer for the home" — a small but seriously expensive box with the latest-gen AI chip inside. Apparently. What I really want to figure out is: when should I use local AI vs. cloud AI? Reading articles about it doesn't seem to help, so I'm going full hands-on. Goal: 100 experiments, one per day-ish, until I have an evidence-based answer. This is experiment#1. First, the hardware So this is what showed up at my door — solidly packed in a sturdy cardboard box. When I opened it, I was surprised at how small it actually is. "This is the AI machine?" kind of small. Boot up → Initial OS setup Power on, and an Ubuntu-based DGX OS 7.5.0 boots up. Welcome screen "Get started" — yes, please.…