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

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

I used Xcode 26.3 to build an iOS app with my voice in just two days - and it was exhilarating

Want to see what agentic coding really feels like? Come along on my wild, wonderful, and terrifying two-day vibe coding adventure with Xcode 26.3.
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code update shines on coding agents

Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces enhancements for providing agents with more skills and context and managing multiple ...

OpenAI releases GPT-5.3-Codex, a coding model that helped build itself

Anthropic, one of OpenAI's chief rivals, also released a new coding model today, Claude Opus 4.6. Earlier this week, OpenAI ...
WinBuzzer

GitHub Adds Claude Code and OpenAI Codex to Agent HQ Platform

GitHub has launched Agent HQ, adding Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex alongside Copilot for Pro+ and Enterprise ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Beyond the Magic Word: Testing VS Code 1.109's New Agentic AI Workspace Priming

The January 2026 update to VS Code (v1.109) transforms the editor into a multi-agent orchestration hub, allowing developers ...
GitHub

Drswith/vscode-json-string-code-editor

Choose from auto-detected languages Edit in a new tab with syntax highlighting Press Ctrl+S to save and sync back Note: Language detection is built into the extension and cannot be customized by users ...