How to setup a local coding agent on macOS

Re:How to setup a local coding agent on macOS by takethebus on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:07PM (#48508875)

this is the way, given anyone could swap for oh my pi / pi / etc

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Re:How to setup a local coding agent on macOS by mark_l_watson on Friday June 12, 2026 @05:37PM (#48509716)

yes, whether for home experiments or at work, it is good practice (good hygiene) to be able to swap out both agentic harnesses and models. It is important to have a good strategy for exporting skills, etc.

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Re:How to setup a local coding agent on macOS by ig0r0 on Sunday June 14, 2026 @08:42AM (#48526695)

yeah, I am using Pi right now, I switched from OpenCode

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Re:How to setup a local coding agent on macOS by carter2099 on Monday June 15, 2026 @12:03PM (#48543266)

I'm considering this right now. Is it very difficult to adapt to the new philosophy? Are you running mostly interactive or programmatic?

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Re:How to setup a local coding agent on macOS by ig0r0 on Monday June 15, 2026 @02:57PM (#48545524)

What do you mean by new philosophy? I use Pi the same way I used gpt or sonnet, just for simpler tasks.

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Re:How to setup a local coding agent on macOS by carter2099 on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @12:05AM (#48550464)

Pi is an agent, gpt and sonnet are LLMs. Opencode is an agent, and has a drastically different philosophy than Pi.

FWIW, I took the dive on Pi today and I’m really happy with my decision so far

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Re:How to setup a local coding agent on macOS by ig0r0 on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @03:33AM (#48567029)

Yeah, I meant using Pi with the local qwen model vs when I was using claude with sonnet or codex with gpt

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