I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how I got started.
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GitHub Tool Could Help Classic PS2 Games Run Natively on Today’s PCs

PlayStation 2 fans could soon see native PC ports of classic games thanks to PS2Recomp, an indie tool from GitHub user Ran-J ...
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Java News Roundup: Jakarta EE 12, Spring Shell, Open Liberty, Quarkus, Tomcat, JHipster, Gradle

This week's Java roundup for January 26th, 2026, features news highlighting: an update on milestone and GA release schedule ...

OpenAI launches Codex app for macOS, here are the details

OpenAI has just launched a brand new Mac app: Codex, which it says is “the best way to build with agents.” Here are the details. OpenAI is expanding its lineup of macOS apps. Joining the existing ...