OpenCode Has 207K GitHub Stars and Costs Nothing
The open-source AI coding agent lets you bring any model to the terminal. We break down what works, what doesn't, and who should use it.
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Ditch GitHub Copilot: build your own AI coding assistant with Continue, Ollama, and Qwen Coder
A step-by-step guide to running a fully local, private AI code completion setup in VS Code that costs nothing and sends zero data to the cloud.
AI Coding Tools Showdown: Cursor vs Claude Code vs Copilot vs Windsurf, Tested
We dug into the benchmarks, surveys, and real-world tests to find which AI coding tool actually delivers — not which one has the best marketing.
Self-Host Tabby: Run Your Own AI Coding Assistant and Ditch GitHub Copilot
Step-by-step guide to deploying Tabby, the open-source AI coding assistant that keeps your code private and costs nothing after setup.
AI Coding Tools Head-to-Head: Claude Code vs Cursor vs Copilot vs Windsurf
We compared the leading AI coding assistants on real tasks. Speed doesn't equal quality, and the best tool depends on what you're building.
Best Local Coding Models by VRAM Tier (August 2026)
Which open-weight coding model to run locally? HumanEval and SWE-bench picks from 8GB to 32GB GPUs. Qwen2.5-Coder, Qwen3.6, Devstral, KAT-Coder.
MiniMax M2.5: The Open-Source Model That Rivals Claude at 1/20th the Cost
Chinese AI startup MiniMax has released M2.5, an open-weights model matching Claude Opus performance for coding and agentic tasks while costing 95% less to run
MiniMax M2.5: The Open-Weight Model Matching Claude Opus at 1/20th the Cost
China's MiniMax releases an MIT-licensed model that rivals Claude Opus 4.6 on coding and agentic tasks. The catch: Anthropic accuses MiniMax of stealing Claude's capabilities to build it.
The Prediction Reckoning: What AI Leaders Promised Six Months Ago vs. What Actually Happened
Dario Amodei said 90% of code would be AI-written by September. Elon Musk said AGI would arrive in 2025. The World Economic Forum predicted 85 million jobs displaced. Time to check the receipts.
Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-5.3 Codex: We Tested Both on Real Coding Tasks
The two flagship AI coding models launched the same week. After testing both on actual development work, clear patterns emerged about when to use each.
GLM-4.7: The $3 Coding Model That Beats Claude on Benchmarks
China's Zhipu AI released an open-weight model that beats Claude Sonnet 4.5 on tool-use benchmarks. It costs $3/month. The Flash version runs on your laptop.