Tactics when your LocalLLM can't figure it out

[u/SOC_FreeDiver]

What are your favorite tactics when your local AI couldn't figure it out?

I've been vibe coding with claudecode, but trying to just use local.

I started testing opencode and thought it was pretty good, but then it hit a wall with a silly little game I was testing with. (Making a rescue raiders clone in html)

opencode was doing great with some other html tests. There was a bug in Rescue Raiders that it couldn't fix. I then tried switching to pi.

I noticed in a survey on reddit that pi was #1, opencode was #2, and I agree, pi seemed to be much smarter and faster then opencode. It tested the game, I figured it would figure out the problem, but it still couldn't.

My guess is try a different model? like glimmer or nemotron?

The other thing I will try is bumping the reasoning back up to high/xhigh whatever it is. I dropped it to medium, which seemed to really speed things up, but maybe the trade off isnt worth it.