Five free Marketplace extensions promise private, locally run coding assistance as developers look for alternatives to metered cloud AI.

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Tom Fenton tackles seven free and open-source AI tools bring local chat, coding, voice, design and research capabilities to personal computers and self-hosted environments.

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Researchers found AI coding agents build less reliable pipelines when forced into structured formats — DataFlow-Harness closes the gap at 72.5% lower cost.

If you’ve ever used a 3D printer, you may recall the wondrous feeling when you first printed something you could have never sculpted or built yourself. Download a model file, load some plastic ...