https://deardhruv.com/tags/memory-management/Recent content in Memory Management on Dhruv Patel - Lead Android EngineerHugoendhruv.time@gmail.com (Dhruv Patel)dhruv.time@gmail.com (Dhruv Patel)<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY-NC 4.0</a>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:26:02 +0530https://deardhruv.com/posts/ai_playground_series/03-the-model-was-fine-the-phone-wasnt/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0530dhruv.time@gmail.com (Dhruv Patel)https://deardhruv.com/posts/ai_playground_series/03-the-model-was-fine-the-phone-wasnt/<h1 id="the-model-was-fine-the-phone-wasnt">The Model Was Fine. The Phone Wasn&rsquo;t.</h1> <h2 id="part-3---the-difficult-bugs-were-memory-native-lifecycle-gpu-drivers-and-operating-system-behavior">Part 3 - The difficult bugs were memory, native lifecycle, GPU drivers and operating-system behavior.</h2> <p>There is a point in a local AI project where the model stops being the hardest part.</p> <p>For me, that point was when I started testing the application on actual phones instead of treating a successful development run as proof of correctness.</p> <p>A model would load.</p> <p>A prompt would work.</p>