Can You Replace Claude Code/Codex with OpenCode and a Local LLM? // TRAIN BRAIN

Can You Replace Claude Code/Codex with OpenCode and a Local LLM?

It is a simple question, can you replace Claude Code/Codex with OpenCode and a local LLM? ? But it is quite hard to answer. In this video I test OpenCode with 3 different local AI models and see if they can do the same tasks as the big coding agents.
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