Have you tried Claude Code with Opus or Sonnet 4.5? I've played around with a ton of open models and they just don't compare in terms of quality.

Honestly I’m not very keen on a SAAS company deciding what code I’m allowed to write, or charging me to write it.

	▲	icedchai 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I get it. I still experiment with local AI as a hobby, but the quality just isn't there.