Running Local LLMs With Ollama and Connecting With Python
From The Real Python Podcast by Real Python
February 13, 2026 · 45 min · Episode 284
About this episode
This episode discusses working with local LLMs and integrating them with Python projects.
Would you like to learn how to work with LLMs locally on your own computer? How do you integrate your Python projects with a local model? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
People in this episode
Host: Real Python
Guest: Christopher Trudeau
Topics covered
- local LLMs
- Python integration
- machine learning
- software development
- programming
Keywords
- local LLMs
- Python
- integration
- machine learning
- software development
- PyCoder's Weekly
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Real Python
Products: LLMs
Books & works: PyCoder's Weekly
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