Docker, Node, and Electron Walked Into My Terminal. So I Built a 3.5MB App to Kick Them All Out. (opens in new tab)

2 AM, 4 GB of Docker, and a Very Simple Question I just wanted to ask Llama 3.2 about a regex. That's it. One prompt. One answer. 30 seconds of work. Here's what actually happened: Open Docker Desktop Wait for the Open WebUI container to wake up Watch it silently consume 500 MB of RAM Open a browser tab pointed at localhost:3000 Finally type the question Get my answer Notice the container is still running, eating my battery at 3 AM For a chat window. A chat window for a local model. I closed ...