I really wanted to believe in this free AI coding tool could replace Claude Code. But it isn't ready for prime time unless you're willing to babysit.

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how it worked.

Abstract: Software vulnerabilities pose critical risks to the security and reliability of modern systems, requiring effective detection, repair, and explanation techniques. Large Language Models (LLMs ...