Setting Up a Local AI Coding Assistant with Ollama on a Budget Laptop
You don't need a $2,000 machine or a monthly subscription to run a decent coding model locally.
Why go local
No subscription, no internet dependency, and your code never leaves your machine.
What you'll need
A laptop with at least 16GB RAM handles 7B-parameter models comfortably.
Setup
Install Ollama, pull a coding-focused model, and connect it to your editor via a local API endpoint.
Trade-offs
Local models are noticeably behind frontier models on complex reasoning, but capable for everyday autocomplete.
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