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Re:A Guide to Local Coding Models by ashirviskas on Monday December 22, 2025 @09:30PM (#46361752)
Just use llama.cpp. Ollama tried to force their custom API (not the openai standard), they obscure the downloaded models making them a pain to use with other implementations, blatantly used llama.cpp as a thin wrapper without communicating it properly and now has to differentiate somehow to start making money.

If you've ever used a terminal, use llama.cpp. You can also directly run models from llama.cpp afaik.

Re:A Guide to Local Coding Models by fenykep on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @08:19AM (#46365114)
Yes, I wanted to try it already but setting up an environment with an MI50 was a bit tricky so I wanted to try something I knew first. Now that I have ollama running I will give llama.cpp a shot.
Re:A Guide to Local Coding Models by ashirviskas on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @09:15AM (#46365469)
Ooh, I have experience with it. If you're on linux, just use Vulkan. If you face any other issues, just google my username + "MI50 32GB vbios reddit". It depends on which vBIOS you have, but that post on reddit has most of the info you may need. Good luck!