Local AI use cases with Docker

Docker runs apps in containers. Many local AI setups run Ollama or its front ends in Docker, often with the GPU passed through to the container.

1 real example, each linked to its original source.

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A 4B local model on a 4 GB laptop GPU as a PASS/FAIL test evaluator

Qwen3 4B Instruct in Ollama (Docker, WSL2) grades a Spring Boot app's root-cause answers against expected ones, returning a JSON verdict, with every speed and memory number measured on a 4 GB Quadro T1000.

Vishnu Vardhan · 2026-10-15