I Made My Local AI Pick Its Own Model
Techno Tim — Oct 5, 2026 — deep-dive
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Techno Tim demonstrates setting up NVIDIA Switchyard for automatic local AI model routing between Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and DeepSeek V4 Flash. The system automatically chooses between a fast model and a capable model based on the task, eliminating manual selection. Tested with real coding agents on RTX 3090 hardware, achieving 88% routing to the faster model while pulling in the more capable model when needed. Covers Stage routing, vLLM configuration, and context window considerations.