Thomas Newkirk

I'm Thomas Newkirk, and after 15 years working in IT, I've turned my professional know-how into a personal obsession: local LLMs and AI. I love digging into how these systems actually work, running and experimenting with AI right on my own hardware, and figuring out what holds up and what's just hype.

That same curiosity is what led me to start VettedConsumer.com, where I'm the owner and editor. The idea is simple: real, hands-on evaluation you can actually trust. No fluff, no shortcuts, just honest insights from someone who likes to test things for himself.

Thanks for stopping by, and feel free to look around.