I Built a Local AI Podcast Editor Because I'm Done Renting My Own Workflow

Despite how much I post online, I'm pretty deliberate about where my data actually lives. Not in a tinfoil hat way, I use cloud services, I have accounts everywhere. But there's a difference between choosing to share something and having no other option. I started a podcast. Suddenly I needed to think about marketing, which means Shorts, Reels, vertical cuts, captions. The tools that do this are good. Genuinely good. But they all run on the same model: your files live on their servers, your workflow lives in their interface, and your access lives on their billing page. Cancel your subscription and you're starting over. Want to export your project? Hope they support that. Want to know what they're doing with your footage? Read the terms of service and good luck. I'm not interested in that trade. I want to own my pipeline the same way I own my code. So I built a POC called DarkRoom . Local-First Isn't Just a Preference, It's an Architecture There's a growing conversation in software abou