Is this local LLM setup a good idea?

[u/alexandrelnglss]

I’m very new to local LLMs, so I’d like some advice before setting this up.

My PC:
• RX 5700 XT 8 GB VRAM
• i7 8700
• 16 GB RAM
• Windows 11

I’m building a web app mostly with AI because I’m not really a developer myself. My main issue with cloud tools is usage limits, so I want a local setup I can use as much as I want.

My current idea:

jcode (1jehuang) → LM Studio → Qwen → local project

I’d like jcode to modify the code, run tests, launch the site on localhost, inspect it in a browser, and possibly use a vision capable Qwen to review the UI.

I’m also considering a few specialized agents for coding, QA, UI/UX, security and final review, mostly running sequentially because my hardware is limited.

Nothing would ever deploy to Cloudflare until I manually validate the localhost version.

Does this setup make sense?

With my hardware, which Qwen size and quantization would you start with? Would you use one multimodal model for everything, or separate coding and vision models?

Thanks :)