Notes from close to the metal.

A local vLLM/Mooncake field note: user-path restore lost, request-shaped background prewarm amortized, and the controls separated native prefix/cache-key reuse from semantic adoption.

A first field note on the Resident KV Claims paper, open-source ambition, and why a bounded runtime contract can still feel like a real contribution.

A personal field note on open-source ambition, accidental hardware constraints, information overload, and why local AI work had to become more evidence-bound.