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A lot is riding on local models becoming…

A lot is riding on local models becoming "good enough" for agentic coding workflows.

The fact I've gone from "I only trust Fable and Astra" to "Opus 5.5 is just as good as either" to "Sonnet 5.5 is basically good enough" in less than a month is augurs well for future local LLMs

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