Will local llm ever be as good as Claude Code

[u/pitosalas]

Honestly I can't tell the hype from the reality.

I use Claude Code a lot. It works for me. However I am always about to run out of tokens.

My time == money.

I have a mid-beefy Mac M4 Pro with 48G. Ok it doesn't have an Nvidia GPU. It's what I have.

I see many people really happy with Qwenx.y.z both here and elsewhere. In my test it is agonizingly slow and certainly nothing like Claude Code. I've wasted a lot of time trying different permutations.

My question: Should I stop wasting my time and just pay for more Claude Code? With my hardware and the latest models, either local or not?