Indexing a year of video locally on a 2021 MacBook with Gemma4-31B (50GB swap)

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How I built a queryable video archive locally on a 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max using Gemma 4 31B in LM Studio. The build journey, the absurdity of 50GB of swap, and four bugs that taught real lessons.

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