How small can this coder handle?

[TomLucidor]

There are models like Qwen3.5 2B/4B, Gemma E2B/E4B, LFM2/LFM2.5 models, and whatever Nanbeige might be cooking (bigger models would include Nemotron 3 Nano, GPT-OSS, Apriel, Granite, etc). If the models are really small (should run extra fast), then it would need more aggressive moves to handle behavior loops. RLM/Handoff pattern seems to be one pattern to handle it, but maybe also having multi-agent scaling if the laptop is more beefy (or we start throwing in free APIs from multiple services).