Local-first & data protection
Verifying AI code without shipping source to another cloud: local-first architecture, data boundaries, secrets protection, and what 'local' really covers.
How to use this collection
Use local-first & data protection when you need a bounded answer rather than a generic promise about AI coding. The 6 articles separate observed evidence, working assumptions, product boundaries, and decisions that still belong to a human reviewer. Each guide is dated and keeps its source limitations visible.
Start with “Local AI Code Review” for the broadest entry point, then use “Air-Gapped AI Code Verification” when you need the collection's more specific edge. The cards below state what each article covers, so you can choose by task instead of reading a manufactured sequence. Related links inside each guide connect methods, risks, evidence, and next actions without treating one check as universal proof.
Check each article's publication date, cited source, and stated scope before applying it to a live repository. Examples explain a method; they do not replace your project rules, threat model, tests, or accountable reviewer. If two guides appear to conflict, compare their assumptions and evidence rather than selecting the more confident wording.
Setup
Local AI Code Review
Reviewing and verifying AI-generated code inside your own environment, without uploading source to an external service - who needs it, and how to set it up.
Updated: August 6, 2026Read article →
Architecture
Local-First Security
Security as verifiable architecture properties instead of marketing guarantees: local-first, advisory by default, no auto-commit, human approval gates.
Updated: July 17, 2026Read article →
Local-first
What AI Coding Tools Actually Read
Prompts, repo context, indexes, telemetry - the five transmission paths mapped to countermeasures, with the measured numbers: AI-assisted commits leak secrets at twice the baseline rate.
Updated: July 17, 2026Read article →
Local-first
The CLOUD Act and European Source Code
The act follows provider control, not data location - an EU data center alone changes nothing. The sober analysis incl. what has not happened, the Data Act since Sept 2025, and three architectures. Not legal advice.
Updated: July 22, 2026Read article →
Local-first
Local LLM Code Review
Workable from 8GB VRAM, serious at 24GB - the hardware tiers with honest capability labels, the Ollama setup path, and the structure that makes small models punch above their weight.
Updated: July 2, 2026Read article →
Local-first
Air-Gapped AI Code Verification
Verification is the offline-friendly half of AI coding: the deterministic layer is offline-native, local models run disconnected, evidence is files with the code. What the gap really constrains: the generator.
Updated: July 17, 2026Read article →
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