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Continue vs Qwen Code

For Run a coding model locally or cheaply.

Continue scored 52/100 and Qwen Code scored 40/100. The gap is 12 points on the rubric. Nothing else is inferred.

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Continue

52 / 100

Rank 3 on this job · tested 16 Oct 2026

Qwen Code

40 / 100

Rank 4 on this job · tested 16 Oct 2026

Rubric breakdown

  • Job result (40)12 Continue4 Qwen Code
  • Speed and effort (15)6 Continue3 Qwen Code
  • Price and free tier (15)15 Continue15 Qwen Code
  • Ease of start (10)6 Continue6 Qwen Code
  • Reliability and trust (10)6 Continue5 Qwen Code
  • Community signal (10)7 Continue7 Qwen Code

Evidence · Continue

Continue CLI 1.5.47 with a local Ollama config. Ping returned pong. The task reply in 86s included a trailing debounce and a handler whose import is an unterminated string. tsc reported TS1002. The repair reply was tool-call JSON and did not change the file. Evidence: evidence/2026-10-16/batch3/continue/.

Evidence · Qwen Code

Qwen Code 0.25.2 with --auth-type openai and Ollama's /v1 endpoint. A 60s ping returned tool-call text. A 20s task returned grep_search JSON and did not write the files. A 120s run with --max-tool-calls 0 was cancelled with an empty stdout. Evidence: evidence/2026-10-16/batch3/qwen-code/.

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