Local Coding Models Keep Closing the Gap With a Fresh Wave of Tooling

New editor plugins and compact code models — including JetBrains' Mellum 2 — signal that local AI development tooling is maturing fast.

The case for running coding assistants locally keeps getting stronger. @ai_hakase_ rounded up a batch of recent releases including minuet-ai.nvim, Zeta-2.1, and JetBrains' Mellum 2 — a mix of editor integrations and compact models aimed at developers who want completion and assistance without shipping their code to a cloud API.

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