I tried a Claude Code rival that's local, open source, and completely free - how it went

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.
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OpenAI’s new model trains itself, raising big questions about control

OpenAI is now openly saying that its latest coding system helped build itself, a milestone that shifts the debate from how ...
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OpenAI’s new coding model boosts productivity, raises cybersecurity threats

OpenAI’s latest coding-focused AI model is being positioned as a major leap forward for software development teams—promising faster prototyping, cleaner ...