Do Open-Source Coding Models Actually Work?
A Practical Example Using Gemma 4 and Qwen2.5-Coder with Aider Open-source coding models are improving quickly, and recent models such as Gemma 4 already show promising behavior in real development workflows. In this article, I walk through a practical example comparing two open-source models, Gemma 4 and Qwen2.5-Coder (14B), within an agent-based coding setup using […]





