[qudat]

Nah. These agents are getting easier and easier to run local. Have you tried Qwen 3.6 27b? It’s insane what it can do compared to its size. Like 100% vibe small projects if you manage context properly.

These models are a race to the bottom just like compute.

[aurareturn]

I don’t think it matters. Local matters becoming better has not stopped demand for SOTA models.

[qudat]

My guess is it won’t be worth it to focus specifically on coding models once local small models work just as well or within range. That will naturally close the gap even more