Yes
It also enables new workflows that would be cost-prohibitive with frontier LLMs (especially as token costs rise) - eg. overnight I use the Chrome devtools MCP and have the above setup fuzz-test as a user for a number of hours and see if it can break things
garethsprice on Hacker News
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In the thread “Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding?”
Helped: Using Opus for plans and validation; local model for execution.
… You don't need to drive a Rolls Royce to the supermarket, when a used Corolla gets you there just fine. It also enables new workflows that would be cost-prohibitive with frontier LLMs (especially as token costs rise) - eg. overnight I use the Chrome devtools MCP and have the above setup fuzz-test as a user for a number of hours and see if it can break things. Even got it working with multi-modal so it can check screenshots, which blows my mind (and not my wallet, as Claude+screenshots burns $$$). …