[Show / Question] Building an on-device, fully local Agent on a 4B model (Gemma 4 / Ministral) across Mobile & Desktop. Facing the reality of on-device limits—where should on-device agents go from here?
Summary
The author presents Agro, an open-source cross-platform tool for running AI models locally on mobile and desktop devices, and discusses challenges with hardware constraints for on-device agents while seeking community feedback.
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