Offline and Lightning-Fast - Our Ultimate Local AI Coding Setup in VS Code
AI coding agents have become an essential part of a modern developer’s workflow. But have you ever felt unwell about sending your proprietary code, company secrets, or sensitive customer data to external cloud servers? Understandable.
More and more companies are limiting the use of cloud-based AI for exactly these data privacy reasons. What if you could get the same—or even better—performance completely free and running locally on your computer?
There’s a way to run an extremely powerful AI coding setup right on your local machine—completely offline, no account required, and fully GDPR-compliant.
Whether you’re on a train, on a plane, or in the middle of nowhere with no signal, your coding AI always runs at full power with zero lag from bad internet.
In this guide, we’ll show you how to set up Continue.dev in VS Code and how we use it in our development workflow on our MacBook Pro M4 Max with 48 GB of Unified Memory.
By the way: Our productivity has skyrocketed.
We’ll discuss the following points:
- What Is Continue.dev?
- Top Features of Continue.dev
- Step-by-Step Guide: Our 100% Local Setup
- How the M4 Max Performs in Everyday Use
- Cloud vs. Local: The Direct Comparison
- Conclusion: The Era of Cloud-Dependent AI Is Over
💡 PLUS: Our exact config.yaml configuration.
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