…However, after testing modern AI agents for a month, I have started using it more as a backup than my primary editor. VS Code has nailed the basics. Whether it’s the…
…Quiz 8 Questions · Test Your Knowledge How much do you know about Claude? Trivia challenge Think you know Anthropic's AI assistant? Put your knowledge of Claude to the test. Origins Capabilities…
…With time, however, it became clear that the future of AI assistants wasn't a textual conversation. Even after the advent of dedicated coding and designing environments and AI agents, we've…
…My instructions included things like which tools I wanted the AI assistants to check (Asana and my calendar for Claude, my calendar for Gemini). For context, I added what a typical day…
Jasmine Mannan Apr 12, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
…Whether I’m summarizing long documents or testing code snippets, the response is near-instant. I can use different self-hosted AI models for different purposes . The complete local AI setup has…
…RAG, coding assistance 31B Dense 24 GB 34 GB 62–80 GB High-quality generation The 31B Dense model is the flagship and comfortably scores well on the AI benchmarks used industry…
…Sign in to your XDA account AI-assisted coding isn't going anywhere, and if you aren't willing to accept that, you're unfortunately not the audience for this piece. While…
…Sign in to your XDA account I went into Claude Code expecting the usual AI coding assistant pitch. Faster boilerplate, fewer dead ends, and a lot of promises about how it could…
…Quiz 8 Questions · Test Your Knowledge How much do you know about Claude? Trivia challenge Think you know Anthropic's AI assistant? Put your knowledge of Claude to the test. Origins Capabilities…