Fikri KarimSoftware engineer building AI tools. Writing about voice AI, on-device ML, and open source projects.https://www.fikrikarim.com/Real-time AI (audio/video in, voice out) on an M3 Pro with Gemma 4 E2Bhttps://www.fikrikarim.com/gemma-4-e2b/https://www.fikrikarim.com/gemma-4-e2b/Multi-modal realtime AI that OpenAI showed a few years ago, running on your laptop.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTIt's time to give back to the worldhttps://www.fikrikarim.com/give-back/https://www.fikrikarim.com/give-back/Since building software is nearly free now, should we spend some of that on helping others?Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTRepose: Break reminder for macOS that pauses during meetingshttps://www.fikrikarim.com/repose/https://www.fikrikarim.com/repose/A free, native macOS break reminder app that auto-pauses during meetings. Open source, built in Swift.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTVolocal: Fully local voice AI on iPhonehttps://www.fikrikarim.com/volocal/https://www.fikrikarim.com/volocal/Can we replace voice AI experience from RTX 5090 to iPhone 15?Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTBule AI: Initial Releasehttps://www.fikrikarim.com/bule-ai-initial-release/https://www.fikrikarim.com/bule-ai-initial-release/Self-hosting a real-time AI app to help people practice speaking EnglishSun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT