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The Local AI Developer (Part 2): A Reality Check After Real-World Testing

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By David Abel Verified
| DEV Community
This is Part 2 of my series on building a Local AI Developer Stack. If you missed the initial setup guide, you can read it here but I warn you that it might be already obsolete: The Local AI Developer (Part 1). It has been two months since I published that initial guide. The setup in Part 1 looked great and promising on day one, so I decided to use it daily to give it a test in real-world conditions.
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Local Agentic Development with Ollama and OpenCode

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By David Abel Verified
| DEV Community
Every time I use a cloud-based AI coding assistant, I feel a little trapped in a vendor lock-in ecosystem, and it triggers alarms in my brain. Where exactly is my data going? What happens when they inevitably hike up the subscription price, just like every other service (looking at you, Netflix)? It always brings me back to one question: Is it feasible to just build this locally? Recently, I saw this post from Julien Chaumond, the CTO of Hugging Face, and it inspired me to finally try it.
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Boston struggles to find takers for green roof grants - CommonWealth Beacon

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By Tavishi Chattopadhyay, David Abel Verified
| CommonWealth Beacon Verified
AFTER OPENING A water bill last year, Ruth Solomon saw an advertisement for a novel program that sought to encourage Boston residents to build green roofs. The 51-year-old mom from Jamaica Plain had been intrigued by the benefits of such roofs, which act like sponges, using a range of plants to absorb stormwater and help reduce electricity costs by improving insulation. “We thought it would be a good thing to do,” she said.
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