alt Hacker NewsRecent models (Qwen 3.6 and Gemma) can really do coding locally. Feels like SOTA from maybe a year ago? But you would want about 32-40GB total memory. 24GB is just a bit short of that. A gaming PC with 16GB graphics card and 32GB RAM brings you very close to a usable coding system.
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solenoid0937 • today at 1:39 AM
> Feels like SOTA from maybe a year ago?
Agree but only for small projects. SOTA from a year ago still wins on larger projects
ai_fry_ur_brain • today at 12:19 AM
"Coding system" "can really do coding locally"
Vibe coders out here thinking all software development is solved by because they made an (ugly and unoriginal) dashboard for their SaaS clone and their single column with 3x3 feature card landing page thats identical to every other vibe coders "startup"
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That’s the exact ram/vram combo of my desktop - what model would you suggest for that gaming pc setup?