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.

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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.