Mac Mini M4 Pro = Fantastic LLM Server

 

I've been using this for a while now, and for the price, I believe the Mac Mini M4 Pro makes a fantastic LLM server.

Add some memory, equip it with the 14-core CPU, 20-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine, load up LM Studio, and you're good to go!

It is super quiet and very power-efficient. 

The perfect small office LLM Server ?  Maybe for now.

Seeking Feedback: Enhancing HCL Notes with LLM Power!

In last weeks blog we talked about the imminent release of Preemptive AI for Domino. One of the deliverables we plan is an updated mail template that simplifies access to an LLM. You can see it in the video -> https://ab1osborne.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-sneak-peek-of-preemptive-ai-for-domino.html

Now we are super excited about the potential of integrating LLM services into the HCL Notes Template, and we've been brainstorming a ton of ideas to make your lives easier and more productive. The possibilities feel endless, which is why we need your input!

We want to deliver the most useful and impactful features right out of the box. Here's what we're currently thinking of including:

1. Proofread: Polishes your text by correcting grammar and spelling errors without altering the content.
2. Ask: Directly pose a question to the LLM and receive a concise answer.
3. Draft: Generates a draft reply based on the content of the email thread.
4. Improve \ Best Effort: Enhances your text by fixing grammar and adding value where the LLM sees fit, aiming for the best possible result.
5. Improve \ Expand: Builds upon the "Best Effort" option by not only improving grammar but also adding relevant content to enrich the message.
6. Improve \ Friendly: Adjusts the tone of your writing to be more approachable and friendly – basically, it helps you "take a chill pill" in your emails.
7. Summarize Reply: Analyzes the email thread and provides a summary of the key points and suggested actions.
8. Translate \ English: Translates the selected text into English.
9. Translate \ German: Translates the selected text into German.
10. Translate \ Japanese: Translates the selected text into Japanese.

Customizing the translation options is a breeze, but we're really curious to know what you would find most valuable. 

What specific tasks would you love an LLM to handle within Notes Mail? Are there any pain points you think AI could solve?

Let us know your thoughts and suggestions! We're eager to hear your ideas and make this integration truly awesome. What do you think?

A sneak peek of Preemptive AI for Domino

Preemptive AI for Notes and Domino is a set of components we plan to release shortly to add LLM functionality to the platform. 

It will work hand in glove with Domino 14.5 and what HCL is doing with Domino IQ. 

This demonstration uses a current release of Domino, sending most requests to a local LLM running on a Mac Mini M4 Pro under LMStudio using the dolphin3.0-llama3.1-8b model.

To give you a glimpse of what's possible, the “AI-Expand” request is sent to OpenAI’s GPT-4 model (Preemptive AI works with a compatible OpenAI completions API).

In this demo, we are going to take some poorly written English text, improve it, and finally convert it to German. Let the fun begin:

https://pecdm3.preemptive.com.au/videos/AI-Demo-1.mp4

We'll release more details over the coming weeks, but let us know if you have any questions.

Flashback Friday - The benefits of our DBMT+ integration

This flashback is from Tuesday, June 16, 2020, and outlines the benefits of DAOS and how easily they can be applied to databases based on their design template name with the Domino Optimizer. 

It is incredibly easy to do, and the benefits are amazing. Nice!

Flashback Friday - Fast storage is great, but true optimisation requires tuning all system components.

Today's Flashback Friday comes from May 16, 2016, when we shared some of our findings on I/O reduction due to disk optimization. 

The bottom line is optimization reduces stress on the I/O subsystem, improves overall performance and reduces resource utilisation for  Domino tasks.

The Optimizer is now available and you can get a free trial here.

Flashback Friday - A Full-Text Index Optimization recap

Flashback Friday - A Full-Text Index Optimization recap

This hit is from the not-too-distant past, it is a recap of a recap! Wednesday, April 10, 2024 with a complete overview of some of our Full-Text Index Optimization ideas.

Flashback Friday - DBMT+ Integration!

Today, we continue our journey into the still relevant past, with Flashback Friday!

This hit is from Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - Another customer sees the benefits of our DBMT+ integration

Enjoy. 

Note: Some of the names of the products have change. Defrag.NSF and DDO are now the Domino Optimizer!