I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how I got started.
Circuit Digest

DIY Arduino Robotic Arm

The table shows the pin configuration of the Arduino UNO–based robotic arm. The red (VCC) wires of all servos are connected ...
Wired

AI Models Are Starting to Learn by Asking Themselves Questions

An AI model that learns without human input—by posing interesting queries for itself—might point the way to superintelligence. Save this story Save this story Even the smartest artificial intelligence ...
VentureBeat

Nous Research's NousCoder-14B is an open-source coding model landing right in the Claude Code moment

Nous Research, the open-source artificial intelligence startup backed by crypto venture firm Paradigm, released a new competitive programming model on Monday that it says matches or exceeds several ...
GameSpot

Roblox Music Codes And Song IDs

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Roblox has an almost endless amount of content ready for players to discover, but one element you may find to be missing is a little dash of that ...
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What is the Model Code of Conduct? Key do’s and don’ts explained

With the State Election Commission (SEC) preparing for civic elections across Maharashtra, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) has come into force.
Gizmodo

OpenAI Drops GPT-5.2 Amid Its ‘Code Red’ Freak Out

As was expected, on Thursday, OpenAI pushed out the latest update to its flagship AI model after CEO Sam Altman declared a “code red” within the company. The new release, GPT-5.2, is described by ...
The Verge

Anthropic is bringing Claude Code to Slack

When you tag Claude in Slack, it will automatically scan your message for coding tasks to route to Claude Code. When you tag Claude in Slack, it will automatically scan your message for coding tasks ...
The New York Times

OpenAI Calls a ‘Code Red’ + Which Model Should I Use? + The Hard Fork Review of Slop

This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this ...
SlashGear

What Does Harley-Davidson's VRSC Model Code Mean?

Whether you are a veteran Harley-Davidson fan or are only getting acquainted with the beloved American motorcycle manufacturer and its products, we can all agree that the company has some of the most ...
Forbes

OpenAI’s New Model Just Got Much Better At Writing More Secure Code

OpenAI’s frontier model may not have astounded when it arrived earlier this year, but research indicates it’s now much better than others at writing code with fewer vulnerabilities. One area where GPT ...