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Yes, local LLMs are ready to ease the compute strain

As cloud AI costs soar with metered billing from Anthropic and GitHub, local LLMs like Qwen 3.6 have shown surprising coding capability. The Register's podcast discusses experiments suggesting that with proper harnesses, local models can be a viable alternative, offering cost control and reducing reliance on cloud compute.

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  • Local LLMs have improved dramatically in the last six months, shifting from toys to competent tools.
  • Cloud AI services are raising prices due to capacity constraints and loss-leading pricing, pushing users to alternatives.
  • Small models like Alibaba's Qwen 3.6 can achieve frontier-level coding performance with the right harness.
  • Local LLMs offer cost efficiency and privacy benefits, but harness setup remains non-standardized.

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