Comment by theshrike79
1 day ago
Thanks, I really need to try that today - although with pi.dev =)
I do genuinely think that the future is in local models, the online stuff is 100% VC-powered cash market share grabs that will start failing when the forever loop of billions gets disrupted enough.
But at the same time my attemps at comparing claude code + any local model have been such a clear win towards claude I can't bring myself to use a local model seriously just out of ideology.
Yeah I totally agree on the future of local vs. the VC powered markets.
I also agree the reality is that anthropic/sota models are much faster and much smarter, so if you just want to move fast and have them build for you - I get that these local slow models wouldn't be ideal.
For me, as I said I have a large, super complex primary project that overloads me cognitively, and then backend admin dashboards that are relatively simple and isolated/modular. Just due to this specific project, local/slow models are fine as I just check in every 15-30 mins or whatever and answer any questions they have while I'm focusing on the main project. So basically I just happen to have an ideal scenario/use-case for local models right now.
Oh and I did have to mess around with model settings and stuff to get things to work well. I also started with Cline which sucked badly, and then open code actually had 3 major bugs 5 days ago where it was almost useless in large code bases (e.g. freezing and locking up your project constantly), but they ship multiple updates every day, and those bugs have been resolved. So, it's all definitely moving fast and more for side projects or hobbies rather than production I'd say. Still, I'm quite excited with the progress from a year ago and super hopeful about where it's all headed!