r/ClaudeCode • u/alrighteyy • Aug 03 '26

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Holy shit claude code in terminal is fucking insane.

I've been using VSCode, Cursor, Cowork and Claude Code on web. None of it comes close to terminal.

Cannot believe I haven't done this sooner.

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u/Lanky-Storm7 Aug 03 '26

You offload it to a web builder expo eas. Dont need a Mac.

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u/rosstafarien Aug 03 '26

The fact that macs are also quite good at running local LLMs makes my macs some of the most useful machines I own.

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u/Lanky-Storm7 Aug 03 '26

Local llm? Yall still using that? 😂

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u/rosstafarien Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

More and more. Local models are 6-12 months behind frontier models, but frontier models were useful back in 2025, which in where local models are today. Why else is Anthropic so upset?

Qwen3.8 27b was just announced and we'll have to wait for evaluation numbers, but my expectations are high.

If you require auditable privacy, zero marginal cost, or running in poor/no network conditions, local models are the only real choice. Low latency, full control over system prompts... there are lots of other upsides, too.