Observed arrival · 2026-08-26
The Workstation That Keeps Documents on the Machine
A Canadian fixed-price service for installing and configuring local language-model workstations around a client’s existing files.
Field notes
The service starts with a document inventory: staff classify what must remain on premises, what may leave with consent, and what is unrestricted. It then installs Sidekick on an Apple Silicon Mac with at least 8 GB of RAM, tests modern GGUF models against the client’s own questions, and connects folders or websites as expert sources. The page attributes Sidekick’s built-in inference engine and retrieval workflow to its README, and explicitly declines to provide unmeasured speed claims.
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