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Tested Qwen3.5 locally instead of Claude Code – here's how it went
A journalist ran Qwen3.5 locally and compared it directly with Claude Code for coding tasks. The test shows how Alibaba's open model performs against Anthropic's proprietary solution when run on your own machine.
WHY IT MATTERS
It demonstrates that open models are becoming good enough to replace proprietary alternatives for specific tasks, and underscores the importance of running AI locally for privacy and cost control.
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