The Cheapest (and Best) AI Vibe Coding Setup (MacOS)
By Noemi Titarenco
The cheapest, most future-proof vibe-coding setup I know on Mac: keep the harness, terminal, and model as separate pieces so you can swap any of them when the next thing ships. Ollama, Pi, cmux, DeepSeek V4 Flash. No all-in-one lock-in.
About The author
Noemi Titarenco
Product Manager, Researcher + Engineer
I spend a lot of time thinking about (software and business) problems - sometimes I get around to writing about it, and you get to read about it here.