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This is my first post here. Ocasionally, I’d share what I work on in my spare time.

Currently, I’m working on my own local coding harness. Main goal: have a way to test small local models for coding.

Focusing mostly on the model led me design the system like this:

• MLX - local models on a Mac
  • served via vLLM or mlx_lm.server
• MCP - set of tools provided by a running JetBrains IDE
• ACP - to let my ide/editor act as a frontend

Moving the focus away from implementing (yet another) TUI and (yet another) set of same tools (bash+read+write) lets me iterate faster on the model experiments. Also, I like the JetBrains IDEs a lot and since I use the tooling it provides I thought “why not check how the LLMs work with similar tools?” (via MCP). And I have my IDE/editor already open so why not use its interface to steer the agent (via ACP).

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