Tip: Build a Fully Local Coding Agent Stack for ~$20K — Community Recommends RTX 6000 + Qwen 3.6

r/LocalLLaMA·medium signal

A detailed r/LocalLLaMA thread (106 upvotes, 119 comments) maps out the path to a self-hosted coding agent with no cloud dependency. Community consensus: an RTX 6000 or dual RTX 5090 setup running Qwen 3.6-35B-A3B through llama.cpp gets you 80% of cloud agent quality. The critical gap isn't raw coding ability — it's tool use reliability and long-context planning. Hardware alone doesn't solve the agentic loop; you need structured scaffolding (OpenCode, tests, git diff verification) around the model.