We’ve reached a point where on device AI coding that is free, offline, and capable isn’t just a theoretical possibility; it’s sitting on my lap, barely warming my thighs.
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We’ve reached a point where on device AI coding that is free, offline, and capable isn’t just a theoretical possibility; it’s sitting on my lap, barely warming my thighs.
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My local MacBook Air setup includes a Qwen3 Coder Flash with a 1M context,  Cline in a VSCode IDE. No internet, no cloud, no ID verification- this is the forbidden tech.
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My local MacBook Air setup includes a Qwen3 Coder Flash with a 1M context,  Cline in a VSCode IDE. No internet, no cloud, no ID verification- this is the forbidden tech.
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Current stats: 
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Current stats: 
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All agentic tools work great local, sandboxed, and MCP
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All agentic tools work great local, sandboxed, and MCP
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OK model output precision
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OK model output precision
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17 tokens/sec. Not great, not terrible
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17 tokens/sec. Not great, not terrible
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65K tokens context, the model can do 1M, but let’s be real, my MacBook Air would probably achieve fusion before hitting that smoothly
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65K tokens context, the model can do 1M, but let’s be real, my MacBook Air would probably achieve fusion before hitting that smoothly
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Standard backend and cache off for the test
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Standard backend and cache off for the test
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All inference and function calling happen locally, offline, untethered. The cloud didn’t even get a memo.
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All inference and function calling happen locally, offline, untethered. The cloud didn’t even get a memo.
We’ve reached a point where on device AI coding that is free, offline, and capable isn’t just a theoretical possibility; it’s sitting on my lap, barely warming my thighs.
My local MacBook Air setup includes a Qwen3 Coder Flash with a 1M context,  Cline in a VSCode IDE. No internet, no cloud, no ID verification- this is the forbidden tech.
Current stats: 
All agentic tools work great local, sandboxed, and MCP
OK model output precision
17 tokens/sec. Not great, not terrible
65K tokens context, the model can do 1M, but let’s be real, my MacBook Air would probably achieve fusion before hitting that smoothly
Standard backend and cache off for the test
All inference and function calling happen locally, offline, untethered. The cloud didn’t even get a memo.
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