open-models
AIFlint vs Ornith 1.5: two new open coding models, and the hardware they actually need
Recursive's Flint (40B, ~2.5B active) and Ornith-1.5-122B both claim frontier-level coding scores with open weights. Here's what each scores, how big the files really are, and which one fits your machine.
AIMiniMax M3.1 Flash: a 73.7% DeepSWE coding model at $0.15 per million tokens
MiniMax M3.1 Flash, the model that ran anonymously as \"Space Bunny\", costs $0.15/$0.60 per million tokens and scores 73.7% on DeepSWE v1.1 by MiniMax's count. The open weights are now on Hugging Face under the MiniMax Community License. Here's what's confirmed and what the license allows.
Build GuidesOllama for beginners: run your first local AI model in 5 minutes
Ollama runs open AI models on your own Mac, Windows or Linux machine. Here's how to install it, run your first model, learn the commands you'll actually use, connect it to your app or coding agent, and what hardware you need.
TechHow to run vLLM as an OpenAI-compatible server (and swap it into your app)
vLLM can serve open models behind the same API shape as OpenAI. Here's the quickstart, how to point your app at it, and the security catch in the docs.