Keep approved source code inside a controlled route

Local code assistance measured against your repositories.

A local coding endpoint can reduce source-code disclosure and give a team a controlled model version. It still needs repository permissions, licence review and acceptance tests.

Decision in one minute

Use local coding AI where IP control and sustained developer usage matter. Retain hosted tools where their capability and terms better fit the project.

A private deployment starts with the permitted data path, access policy and logging boundary.

Workload before hardware

Describe the queue, the quality bar and the operating owner.

01 / Work unit: Size from model, context, concurrent users and peak demand.
02 / Acceptance: Agree quality, latency, citation or output checks before buying.
03 / Operations: Plan updates, monitoring, support and a fallback route.

GPU server remote management dashboard with system status, access logs and sensor monitoring panels — Supplier screenshot of the platform management interface. The final management features and access policy depend on the ordered system. OEM supplier reference image. Written reuse permission pending.

Define what the model may see

Repository, branch, dependency and secret boundaries need explicit controls. Never index `.env` files, credentials or unrelated customer repositories by accident.

A coding assistant is not a reason to weaken normal source-control permissions.

Work unit: Tokens, frames, files or jobs.
Duration: How long one active job occupies capacity.
Concurrency: How many jobs overlap.
Deadline: Interactive response or queued completion.

A measured queue or user pattern is more useful than an unsupported user-count claim. Decision aid for: Define what the model may see

Diagram showing approved documents moving through a searchable index to an answer with a source citation — A retrieval workflow should connect each useful answer to approved source material and defined refusal behaviour. Original explanatory plate. It sets out a decision method, not a measured result.

Diagram of an evidence pack containing an asset schedule, burn-in record, health readings, workload test and admin guide — A credible handover records the supplied assets, checks, operating evidence, instructions and unresolved items. Original explanatory plate. It sets out a decision method, not a measured result.

Evaluate useful engineering tasks

Test explanation, navigation, refactoring, unit tests and bounded code generation on representative code. Score correctness, security and review effort.

Autocomplete speed and repository reasoning are different workloads and may need different models.

Output quality Correctness, support or usable result.

Service quality Latency, throughput and availability.

Control quality Permissions, logs and refusal.

Pass Named reviewer accepts the combined result.

A fast result is not acceptable when it is wrong, unsupported or shown to the wrong user. Decision aid for: Evaluate useful engineering tasks

Concurrency can matter quickly

Several developers generating long code responses can consume context and KV cache. The expected team pattern belongs in the sizing test.

Independent GPUs can separate models or teams where that produces a cleaner service boundary.

Observe Demand, errors and resource state.
Review Quality drift, access and incidents.
Change Versioned model or runtime update.
Retest Focused acceptance before wider use.

The operating owner needs a repeatable route for change, rollback and evidence. Decision aid for: Concurrency can matter quickly

Human review remains part of delivery

Generated code needs normal review, tests, dependency scanning and secure-development controls.

The appliance provides capacity and access; it does not certify generated code as safe.

Questions answered

Straight answers to common questions

Can a local model understand our whole codebase?

Repository-aware tools can retrieve relevant files, but context and retrieval limits remain. Test the exact repository and tasks.

Will our source code leave the building?

A local-only route can keep approved code on the customer-controlled system, subject to connectors, telemetry and any hosted fallback policy.

Can it replace developer review?

No. Generated or modified code requires normal review, testing and security checks.

Continue the decision

Useful next steps

Put the claim to work

Turn this guidance into a testable requirement.

The brief asks about workload and operating conditions - not just budget.

Plan your requirements Compare proposed systems

Local code assistance measured against your repositories.

Describe the queue, the quality bar and the operating owner.

Define what the model may see

Peak demand can matter more than the daily average

Trace the work before sizing the capacity.