I currently do all of my agentic coding in the zed ( https://zed.dev/ ) text editor.
I continue to self-host Qwen3-Coder-Next and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B, but now I mostly use Claude models (Haiku 4.5 and Opus 4.6) or DeepSeek-V4-Flash.
The eventual goal is to replace my current self-hosted models with DS4-Flash and to do away with a Claude subscription.
The Claude subscription is really nice because of how much usage you can get for only $20, but I don't like that the harness and models change out from under me constantly.
In contrast, I like Zed and self-hosted models because I can control the entire tech stack. So if I get something working today, it'll continue to work forever.
I've also read a good amount of the Zed agent code and I tend to agree with their design decisions and feel somewhat comfortable changing things if anything breaks.
July 5, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
I currently use a combination of: - Qwen3-Coder-Next - Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
The coder model is good for getting things done and making things generally consistent across a project. The 3.6 model is good for thinking through problems and debugging things.