Review
I Switched My Local Coding Model to Step 3.5 Flash
A short review of using Step 3.5 Flash as a local coding model on a Mac Studio, including why it felt good and where I would actually recommend it.
Feb 7, 20264 min read
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A short review of using Step 3.5 Flash as a local coding model on a Mac Studio, including why it felt good and where I would actually recommend it.
After moving from dual 3090 Ti GPUs to an M3 Ultra, I found that for individuals and small teams, slow local LLMs work best as queue-based workers rather than real-time chat replacements.