I ran free Claude Code with Ollama on a mini PC and a Mac M3: what actually runs, why 4 of 5 tests failed, the real wait times, and when it is worth it.
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I asked Claude Code for a tiny Python file: one function, a few asserts. Nine minutes later, the "agent" answered with a JSON blob pretending to be a tool call, no file on disk, and Claude Code reported the run as a success. That was test number two. The setup is the one YouTube calls free Claude C…
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I ran free Claude Code with Ollama on a mini PC and a Mac M3: what actually runs, why 4 of 5 tests failed, the real wait times, and when it is worth it.
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