Local, private AI development for the Gemma 4 Challenge—no cloud dependency, no telemetry, pure control. The Gemma 4 Challenge on Dev.to is live: build innovative projects or write about Google's latest open models and compete for $3,000 across two tracks. The catch? Integrating a state-of-the-art model without sacrificing privacy, speed, or control. Safe Agent solves that. It's a local-first AI coding assistant built for exactly this. What's Safe Agent? Safe Agent runs entirely on your machine—no API calls, no data leaving your laptop. It supports Ollama and LM Studio out of the box, making Gemma 4 a first-class citizen. You get a CLI, a VS Code extension (available on the VS Code Marketplace), and a local HTTP service—all with zero telemetry.…