so, i finally have been testing the local LLM using LM studio, which seems to be the only tool for this.
damn things have a mind of their own, literally prompts have to start with DO NOT DO THIS DO NOT DO THAT before you start describing what you want it to do. hilarious.
even still they don't really quite follow the instructions.
using quen2.5-code-14b. seems not much dumber than claude or gpt-4o
probably will experiment with other models, plenty of space for them, it's just a question of time.
i tried using a deepseek model and it spat out a whole complicated and weird flow of thoughts about stuff that were all like the inner dialogue of a nervous slave.