> And when you inevitably get bored with it, well, you've not done much anyway.
I'm very interested in Local LLMs but the cheapest Mac Studio right now is more expensive than 8 years of a Claude Code Pro subscription, and incomparably slower/less capable. If I get bored with it, I will have a piece of unused hardware and a couple grand less in my bank account.
If you already have a gaming pc, then it's worth exploring as the cost of boredom is negligible.
AMD 395+ w/128gb is all you need. the idea that mac studio is the default is a nerdfest.
I have opencode with qwen 3.6 on my local machine. Just get the setup right and it's surprisingly fun to work with.