Ollama 0.19 (preview, released yesterday) is now powered by Apple's MLX framework — and one thing that caught my attention as a Claude Code user: Ollama now reuses its cache across conversations, meaning less memory overhead and more cache hits when using a shared system prompt with tools like Claude Code.
That's a meaningful improvement for agentic workflows.
The setup is a single command:
ollama launch claude --model qwen3.5:35b-a3b-coding-nvfp4
Whether you're working in an air-gapped environment or just tired of API costs — local coding agents are getting genuinely viable.
(Requires a Mac with 32GB+ unified memory)
https://ollama.com/blog/mlx
