--- title: I replaced my ChatGPT subscription with a local AI... description: A developer shares their experience replacing a ChatGPT Plus subscription with a locally-run Qwen2.5-Coder 32B model for coding tasks. The specialized coding... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-my-chatgpt-subscription-with-a-local-ai-coding-tool-and-haven-t-looked-back-0yyok8knk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I replaced my ChatGPT subscription with a local AI coding tool and haven't looked back | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares their experience replacing a ChatGPT Plus subscription with a locally-run Qwen2.5-Coder 32B model for coding tasks. The specialized coding... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-my-chatgpt-subscription-with-a-local-ai-coding-tool-and-haven-t-looked-back-0yyok8knk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0YYOK8kNk.png og:image:alt: I replaced my ChatGPT subscription with a local AI coding tool and haven't looked back og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I replaced my ChatGPT subscription with a local AI coding tool and haven't looked back **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer shares their experience replacing a ChatGPT Plus subscription with a locally-run Qwen2.5-Coder 32B model for coding tasks. The specialized coding model, run via Ollama and paired with the Continue extension, delivers focused, concise responses that outperform ChatGPT for programming work. The tradeoff requires significant GPU VRAM (20GB for the 32B model, less for 14B), but the cost savings, privacy benefits, and coding-specific performance make it worthwhile for developers whose AI usage is primarily code-related. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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