2026-06-02

Han Xiao on Dataroom, a local-first deep research harness

strong framing for splitting research from implementation and pushing more agentic research onto disciplined local stacks.

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What it is: Han Xiao on Dataroom, a local-first deep research harness.

Gist: argues deep research should be a cheap, long-running first step for long-horizon tasks; Dataroom uses a small local model on your own GPU, keeps gathering until the package is genuinely comprehensive, and outputs a zip instead of burning frontier-model budget.

Newsletter angle: “local-first deep research” / small models + harness design beating expensive frontier calls for the reconnaissance phase.

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