Dave Plummer
Retired microsoft software engineer known for technical insights on AI models, particularly large-language-model (LLM) reviews as of mid-2025.
Key Points
- Reviews top four LLMs: chatgpt, Claude (AI model), Gemini (AI model), and Grok (AI model), using them in real-world scenarios
- Notes mid-2025 LLM landscape has caught up from ChatGPT-4’s initial dominance (previously a two-horse race with openai)
- grok has reached version 3; gemini has advanced significantly
- Provides opinionated assessment of model capabilities across practical applications
Privacy and Security Insights
- Analyzes ISP tracking practices and critiques overhyped claims about VPNs as privacy solutions
- Advocates for Encrypted DNS as a free, effective alternative to stop being tracked by ISPs
- Explains HTTPS encrypts content but not domain visits, making Encrypted DNS essential for privacy
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Source Notes
- 2026-04-23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AJoByRGkgU The speaker, Dave Plummer, a retired Microsoft software engineer, provides an opinionated look at the current state of AI Large Language Models (LLMs) as of mid-2025. He has subscribed to and heavily used the top four models: ChatGPT, (Dave’s Garage review of AI models)
- 2026-04-14: # Dave’s Garage - review of AI models --- --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AJoByRGkgU The speaker, Dave Plummer, a retired Microsoft software engineer, pr (Dave’s Garage - review of AI models)
- 2026-04-14: # Encrypted dns dave garage --- --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxFd5xAN4cg Here is a detailed summary of the video “Are You The Product? ISP Tracking vs VPNs vs Encrypted DNS” by Dave’s G (Encrypted dns dave garage)