A blog about AI. And about using it wisely. Most of the time.https://nicolewerner.io/https://nicolewerner.io/meet-my-hermes-crew-update-1/https://nicolewerner.io/meet-my-hermes-crew-update-1/I should be studying maths right now. Instead I'm writing about my five AI agents, who is on the team and which model runs underneath.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://nicolewerner.io/my-to-want-list-for-q4-2026/https://nicolewerner.io/my-to-want-list-for-q4-2026/It’s Sunday, there’s tea next to my laptop, and this week’s blogging prompt is a to-want list for the last quarter of the year. I’m writing mine right now,…Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://nicolewerner.io/teaching-my-linkedin-feed-some-manners-with-jev/https://nicolewerner.io/teaching-my-linkedin-feed-some-manners-with-jev/This morning, somewhere between my first tea and my first to-do, I stumbled over a video by Jay E from RoboNuggets, “These 19 Jev-Claude use cases are…Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://nicolewerner.io/can-the-ai-agent-on-my-vps-reach-my-work-laptop-a-closer-look-at-hermes-desktop/https://nicolewerner.io/can-the-ai-agent-on-my-vps-reach-my-work-laptop-a-closer-look-at-hermes-desktop/In my last post I reached the Hermes dashboard on my VPS from my Windows work laptop with nothing but the built-in SSH client and a browser. It works. But…Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://nicolewerner.io/my-first-ai-agent-that-isnt-really-an-ai-agent/https://nicolewerner.io/my-first-ai-agent-that-isnt-really-an-ai-agent/Every morning, somewhere between my first tea and my first to do, I check the job postings page at my own university. Not because I’m looking for a new job…Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://nicolewerner.io/adding-claude-to-hermes-on-my-vps-api-key-instead-of-subscription/https://nicolewerner.io/adding-claude-to-hermes-on-my-vps-api-key-instead-of-subscription/In my last post I reached the Hermes dashboard on my VPS from a Windows work laptop, with nothing but the built-in SSH client and a browser. So far, Hermes…Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://nicolewerner.io/hermes-dashboard-on-windows-connecting-to-my-vps-via-ssh-without-the-desktop-app/https://nicolewerner.io/hermes-dashboard-on-windows-connecting-to-my-vps-via-ssh-without-the-desktop-app/In my last post I connected my Mac to the Hermes on my VPS with the Hermes Desktop app and an SSH tunnel. It worked. Then I looked at my other computer: a…Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://nicolewerner.io/hermes-desktop-on-my-mac-connecting-to-my-vps-via-ssh-a-step-by-step-guide/https://nicolewerner.io/hermes-desktop-on-my-mac-connecting-to-my-vps-via-ssh-a-step-by-step-guide/In my last post I got Hermes running on a Hostinger VPS and closed everything except Discord and SSH. That works well for chatting. But a chat window only…Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://nicolewerner.io/hermes-on-a-hostinger-vps-a-step-by-step-setup-guide/https://nicolewerner.io/hermes-on-a-hostinger-vps-a-step-by-step-setup-guide/In my last post I wrote down all my questions about Hermes. This is the first practical one: how do I get it running on my own server, without it taking all…Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://nicolewerner.io/hermes-ai-agents-why/https://nicolewerner.io/hermes-ai-agents-why/Picture this: it’s a Saturday afternoon, I have a tea, my laptop is open, and I want to show you something. Not because I’ve figured it out yet, but because…Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT