Coding agents
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Can a local AI agent draw an SVG illustration? Three tried, none got there
Pi, OpenCode and Hermes each thought of a good picture for an article. Asked to draw it as SVG on Gemma 4 31B, none made one we could publish.
- Research
Pi vs OpenCode vs Hermes on the same local model: one brief, three results
Same Mac, same Gemma 4 31B, same four files. One agent took 22 minutes, one drew five rectangles, and one printed nothing until it was done.
- Guides
How to run one prompt through Pi, OpenCode and Hermes from the command line
One command each, no window to open, and the trap that makes Hermes look as if it has hung.