I do this. Ollama makes it very easy - just pull the model you want. The great thing is the ability to test them in the same tasks, there's a huge difference in comparable models.
You can set it up in your editor of choice - I use Zed, and it's just listed as one of the providers you can choose.
You can set it up in your editor of choice - I use Zed, and it's just listed as one of the providers you can choose.
In terms of performance - it works decently well.