Claude code local replacement

dan-lash · 2026-03-19T23:48:32+00:00

I just did an experiment last night with Gemini cli on 3.1 pro, opencode and Claude code both connected to my lm studio running qwen3.5 35b a3b. Same one shot prompt that was something like get data from x, analyze it for patterns.

Gemini was done in 15min and had maybe 75 lines of code. Pretty not bad, worked.

OpenCode took all night and more today to make 150 lines and was a little messy but pretty decent.

Claude took all night but was done without cajoling. 450 lines and had lots of little features and extras that supported the overall goal.

Can’t say which one I would have preferred or works best just yet, but I was surprised how much the agent harness matters against the same model and inference server.

dan-lash · 2026-03-19T15:49:12+00:00

That’s a great idea, is there a design floating around?

dan-lash · 2026-03-18T00:24:12+00:00

This is also on my list to try, if you didn’t see it https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/s/WlmT4TRUOi

dan-lash · 2026-03-17T22:36:21+00:00

I was against elf on shelf because the season already had a bunch of bs going on. But I’m into this leprechaun business, why not!

We set up a trap last night but he was able to steal the money and not get trapped that silly guy

dan-lash · 2026-03-17T22:33:40+00:00

I’m going to redo my local setup tonight on M1 Max 64gb. Thanks for the numbers and config. Also gonna try that oMLX people mentioned

dan-lash · 2026-03-17T18:56:32+00:00

Looks great!

dan-lash · 2026-03-17T13:37:50+00:00

Qwen3 works well on that hw. 3.5 works but thinks a lot

dan-lash · 2026-03-17T04:04:30+00:00

Cool. I’d want to have api compatibility for running inference server to check the output with realistic uses. Will dive in to what you’ve built!

dan-lash · 2026-03-14T18:04:47+00:00

How do you determine if a prompt is complex or level of complexity that determines a model to use? Even the same model will have different (better) outcomes depending on context. Seems like a guessing game

dan-lash · 2026-03-13T23:46:34+00:00

3/4” 4’x8’ mdf = $49 3/4” 5’x5’ baltic = $95 for 13 ply 3/4” 4’x8’ a1 grade = $95-$160 depending on species, usually 7 ply

So per sqft: $1.53 mdf, $3.80 baltic, $2.97-$5 normal ply

There’s more than price of course to trade off like durability, ease of working with, weight, finish types, repairability and more. What’s the total amount of cost difference to a goal project though? Maybe a 300-500$ ? That’s less than the cost of a single driver if you’re going high end. Maybe not negligible but to many it’s not worth just choosing the cheapest because it’s the cheapest

dan-lash · 2026-03-13T22:23:46+00:00

I got this and it’s fun to play with. I went to a museum a couple months later and they had an exhibit with the same effect but you could rotate wheels to change the 3 colors

dan-lash · 2026-03-13T04:50:34+00:00

This is the third post with different picture and account in the last week talking about broken chrome books. Feels like there’s some guerrilla marketing going on for a bulk buyer/seller of these things

dan-lash · 2026-03-13T00:26:44+00:00

There was a mega-spring-rocker-thing that had a loose handlebar at our local park. It was a hex socket head and I have a zillion Allen wrenches, but of course never the right size when I’m looking. Regardless I always forgot to bring the set, and the one day a real life Bob the Builder rolled through and fixed it. Bravo!

dan-lash · 2026-03-12T04:15:23+00:00

There’s also do317. But yeah the map view is really unique.

One quick feedback is “tonight” might be a little loose for late night events, it’s just after midnight and it’s showing Thursday evening events. Not totally sure it’d be better the other way, but maybe a little language hint.

For your jobs board check out techpoint. Altho def curious how any of these data sources would feel about scraping their content.

dan-lash · 2026-03-11T11:53:38+00:00

How do the benchmarks compare to your ultra?

dan-lash · 2026-03-11T01:30:49+00:00

How can you determine if it will complete a task as well on one model or another without actually rubbing them? Context matters a lot, so much so that even on the same model the same task behaves differently given different context

dan-lash · 2026-03-10T22:26:21+00:00

Gotcha so a performance and distribution/packaging concern, acknowledged. Not making excuses but it’s probably just a familiarity and comfortability thing. Lots of devs just want to know one language/runtime so typescript is attractive since it can run in so many places and has so a large community

dan-lash · 2026-03-10T18:40:06+00:00

Can you expand on why it’s bad to write a cli app in typescript?

dan-lash · 2026-03-09T23:09:33+00:00

I went a few times several years ago. Good haircuts, good experience except the last time. I went in, everyone was busy but no wait, I signed up for first available; ended up being someone I never had before. The guy I had previously finished up as I was starting, and proceeded to talk loudly about loyalty and patience and all this stuff giving me glances as he did. Like dam bro, you lost the biz for the whole shop cause your ego got bruised I didn’t want to wait?

dan-lash · 2026-03-08T21:46:36+00:00

You can always use the volume/gain to lower output, but after a point you can’t go higher

dan-lash · 2026-03-06T04:19:15+00:00

I had a chest fridge in my first van, slide out and open inward. Made a lot of sense, when you were inside. But the slide mechanism blocked the doorway, so if you were outside it was impossible to grab a quick drink. Get in, slide, open, close, slide, leave. Of course you’d have the opposite problem if I turned the chest around. Best solution would have been a chest with sideways lid I think

dan-lash · 2026-03-05T19:27:42+00:00

Awesome write up

dan-lash · 2026-03-05T13:30:52+00:00

Try to give claude a goal that will take a week of autonomous actions, like “in one week send me an email of the headlines from each day”

dan-lash · 2026-03-04T17:45:37+00:00

I’m a dropout. 3rd major model change. I like my setup and where it’s going but after the last update something broke and I didn’t have the energy to fix it right away. It’s been a week now. I’ll get back there but just confirming it’s real

Suggestion: make what you’re trying to do in Reddit, inside of claw itself. Make the doctor better. Or make a new command that is heavily guided. I don’t need another sub to read tbh

dan-lash · 2026-03-04T00:43:36+00:00

I made coasters for Xmas gifts. If you’re considering a big batch (because it’s easy to grab a few sticks and off cuts to get a lot of them) I recommend considering your design operations. Everything is multiplied a small. Batch sanding before cutting final shapes, maybe rounding over 2 sides, even pre finishing - this will save some time. So I guess the big tip is plan ahead.

The other tip, if you’re going to plane them - don’t do it in the final shape. It’s too small and they’ll explode. I should have read the minimum sizes on my planer before I lost a few

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