Reddit r/LocalLLaMASeptember 9, 2026
Qwen is working better for me than ChatGPT – what’s the best way to use it with ZIP/code projects?
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I’ve been using Qwen a lot recently and I’m honestly very impressed with it. For some of my tasks, Qwen seems to understand what I’m actually trying to achieve better than ChatGPT/GPT-5.6. I currently pay for ChatGPT, but I’m increasingly feeling like I’m wasting that money because I end up going back to Qwen anyway. I’m therefore considering cancelling ChatGPT and using Qwen as my main AI for now. I might also get Claude eventually, but Qwen would probably be my primary model. There’s one thing