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A Coding Agent on Every Desk, Part 2: Two GPUs and a Bigger Context Window

Software AI Home Lab DIY

The second graphics card arrived, and so did a new model. This is a follow-up to A Coding Agent on Every Desk. The Podman, Tailscale, and Open WebUI pieces from that post are unchanged. What changed is the card in the second slot, the model behind the qwen-coder alias, and most of the llama-server command line.

The inside of an open desktop computer case with an MSI GeForce RTX 3090 installed above a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, a yellow-lit motherboard, and Arctic case fans.
  • 07 Sep 2026

Rethinking Build vs. Rent in the Era of Coding Agents

Software AI Infrastructure Libraries Testing

Back in 2014, I wrote a little thought experiment called Not Invented Here Mechanic.

Two industrial robots work on a partially assembled silver car body inside an automotive factory.
  • 28 Aug 2026

A Coding Agent on Every Desk: Running Qwen on Bazzite

Software AI Home Lab DIY

I recently decided to see how useful a coding model I could run on my own hardware. There is now a second graphics card in the mail, so you can probably guess how the experiment went.

An open black desktop computer case with an RTX graphics card and three blue-lit intake fans, sitting on a workbench.
  • 26 Aug 2026
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