Why Go Local? Every time I use a cloud-based AI coding assistant, I feel a little trapped in a vendor lock-in ecosystem, and it triggers alarms in my brain. Where exactly is my data going? What happens when they inevitably hike up the subscription price, just like every other service (looking at you, Netflix)? It always brings me back to one question: Is it feasible to just build this locally? Recently, I saw this post from Julien Chaumond, the CTO of Hugging Face, and it inspired me to finally try it. The Benefits Going local comes with some massive benefits: The Budget: There are no API tokens to refill and no $20/month subscription fees. Zero Dependencies: You are completely immune to API outages, rate limits, or slow internet connections. Absolute Privacy & Security: This is the biggest draw. Zero code leaves your machine. Setup: Ollama + OpenCode I am building this setup using Ollama and OpenCode.…