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Side-by-side reviews of Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Cline, Aider and more — with real coding sessions, verified pricing, and verdicts you can actually use.
Aider + Ollama Local LLM Setup Guide 2026: Official Config, Model Selection, Context Fix
Step-by-step: run Aider with any local model via Ollama. Covers env var config, the 2K context truncation fix, VRAM-based model picks, and when local inference actually beats cloud APIs.
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Aider + Ollama Local LLM Setup Guide 2026: Official Config, Model Selection, Context Fix
Step-by-step: run Aider with any local model via Ollama. Covers env var config, the 2K context truncation fix, VRAM-based model picks, and when local inference actually beats cloud APIs.
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How to use Claude Sonnet 4.6 inside VS Code: three setup paths compared
Three ways to get Claude Sonnet 4.6 running in VS Code in 2026 — official Claude Code extension, Cline, or Continue.dev — with real API cost breakdowns and a clear verdict on which to use.
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GitHub Copilot June 2026 billing change: what the AI Credits switch means for your monthly bill
GitHub Copilot dropped Premium Request Units on June 1, 2026. Here is the complete credit math for Pro, Pro+, and Max — plus when to switch to Cursor or Claude Code.
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Cursor vs Copilot. Windsurf vs Cline. Paid vs free. Cloud vs local. Same task, different tools — verdict at the bottom.
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Setup & Workflows
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Claude Code Subagent Model Routing in 2026: Haiku for the Grunt Work, Opus for the Hard Parts — the Config That Halves a Fan-Out Bill
How to route Claude Code subagents to different models with CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL and model: frontmatter — verified pricing math and the Ollama 404 trap.
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KoboldCpp as a Local Backend for Cline, Continue.dev, and Aider in 2026: One Binary, Four API Dialects, and the Port 11434 Trick
KoboldCpp setup for Cline, Continue.dev, and Aider: the /v1 endpoint, the port 11434 Ollama trick, the 12K context ceiling, and the network-bind catch.
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GLM-5.3 as Your Cursor and Cline Backend in 2026: Top Open-Weight Terminal-Bench 3.0 Score, the $18/Month Coding Plan, and What the Aug 28 Weights Change
How to run Z.ai's GLM-5.3 in Cursor and Cline today — coding plan pricing, the exact endpoint and model ID, the Cursor BYOK trap, and the open-weights timeline.
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Jan as a Local Backend for Cline, Continue.dev, and Aider in 2026: The Open-Source Desktop Server With an 8K Context Catch
Jan setup for Cline, Continue.dev, and Aider: the 1337 endpoint, router auto-loading, tool calling, the 8K context fix, and the 0.0.0.0 security catch.
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