This FREE Qwen Alternative to Claude Code is INSANE

Tony Xhepa| 00:11:46|Apr 6, 2026
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The host compares Gemma 3.6 and Gemma 4 for Laravel prompts and begins with OpenCode and Quen experiments.

Tony Xhepa tests a free Quen 3.6 model against Claude-like Cloud Code for Laravel tasks, compares with Gemma 4, and demonstrates end-to-end task management UI flow in a live project.

Summary

Tony Xhepa dives into a practical comparison between several AI coding assistants: Quen 3.6 (free) via Open Code, Gemma 4, and Cloud Code. He starts by retrying a Laravel prompt with Quen 3.6 Six Plus and keys in a Prominent livewire-based task-management workflow, including migrations, models, factories, routes, and components. The video shows the assistant generating a Task resource, updating the sidebar with a link to tasks, and iterating to add tags. He switches back to Gemma 4 to test consistency, only to find Gemma 4 misreads the model and prompts, highlighting the practical gaps between free models and paid/cloud-native options. Across the session, Tony runs tests, fixes discrepancies (like missing components and routes for tags), and emphasizes that Cloud Code remained the most reliable in his hands. The takeaway is a side-by-side of setup speed, accuracy, and gap-filling between free AI models and Cloud Code for Laravel projects. The clip ends with Tony recommending Cloud Code for coding workflows, while noting Quen 3.6 Plus is surprisingly capable for free, especially for livewire/Laravel tasks.

Key Takeaways

  • Quen 3.6 Six Plus (free) produced a full Laravel task workflow including migration, model, factory, pages, routes, and tests in about 3 minutes 24 seconds.
  • Gemma 4 did not replicate the same flow as Cloud Code for the Laravel project, prompting some misreads of the model and missing components for tasks/tags.
  • Cloud Code consistently matched the project structure from the video’s prompts, including Livewire components, pages, and route wiring for tasks.
  • The author verified tasks and tags flow end-to-end, fixing missing UI links (sidebar) and ensuring task creation, editing, and deletion worked in the browser.
  • A final note underscores Cloud Code as the preferred option for coding on serious Laravel projects, with Quen 3.6 Plus as a credible free alternative.
  • The video shows a live attempt to swap models mid-flight (Quen vs Gemma) to stress-test how well each AI tool adapts to a real project.

Who Is This For?

Essential viewing for Laravel developers who are evaluating AI copilots for real-world coding, especially those weighing Free models like Quen 3.6 Plus against Cloud Code and Gemma 4.

Notable Quotes

"the Quan 3.6. I'm going to use again the Gemma because I want to see if now Gemma can read what we have in the project"
Tony describes trying Quen 3.6 and then switching to Gemma 4 to compare how well each reads the project state.
"cloud code has readed what we have in this project"
Tony notes that Cloud Code understood the existing project structure from the prompt, validating its alignment with the Laravel setup.
"Quen 3.6 Six was very good because the quen just see what the cloud code has done with the post and yeah implement the same thing"
Tony highlights Quen 3.6 Six performing similarly to Cloud Code on a POST task, illustrating practical parity in a live test.
"you can use this on the open code for free but always cloud is the best for coding and also for the Laravel cloud understands very good what you want to do"
Conclusion where Tony weights Free Quen/Open Code against Cloud Code for Laravel tasks, endorsing Cloud Code as the stronger option.
"very impressive for me, the Quan 3.6"
Tony expresses personal astonishment at Quen 3.6’s performance on the task workflow.

Questions This Video Answers

  • How does Quen 3.6 Plus compare to Cloud Code for Laravel task automation?
  • Can Gemma 4 reliably generate Laravel Livewire components from a prompt?
  • What are best practices for testing AI-generated Laravel code (migrations, models, routes, tests)?
  • Is Cloud Code the best free alternative to Claude for coding tasks in 2024?
  • How to fix missing routes and UI links when AI tools generate a Laravel project?
LaravelLaravel LivewireCloud CodeQuen 3.6 PlusGemma 4Open CodeAI pair programmingMigrationsLaravel routesSingle-file components
Full Transcript
Hello friends, Tony here. Welcome back. So in the previous video I worked with uh Gemma to create I wanted to try if the Gemma Gemma 4 from Google is good with Laravel coding and I asked the create a crowd for post and that video was not very good or maybe 4 is not very good with Laravel. So I retried the prompt and with cloud code and yeah I generated something like this. Now I want to use the open code and the quen 3.6 model which is a free model and I'm going to use the same prompt but not for post just change the model and see if that is very good. Here I have opened the open code and I have chose this quen 3.6 six plus which is a free one and also I have opened the open code and we are on the previous prompt so if I scroll up I'm going to copy this prompt here and then I'm going to paste it here or no let me just uh because we need to change the model name so let's say not post but I'm going to use task create a task grat using liveware for and edit tasks. Okay, let's I think we are good. So, let's copy this. And now let's come and paste it here. And I'm going to hit enter. Let's go back. Also, let me just uh open a new tab and I'm going to open this with VS Code to see the changes. code we have migration and also I'm going to track this one okay so let me as you can see it's going to let me the existing postcrat understand the patterns used and also check the routes and motx good I'm going to come back when this is going to finished okay friends I think yeah has finished so in the 3 minutes and 24 seconds we have the to-dos. So create task migration done create task model done factory index page component uh create page component uh and edit page component then other routes for task write test for task gr and also run test and format code all green and we have something like this. So we have the migration, we have the motel villable and also cast completed boolean factory page components lab for single file view based components. You can see in pages name space we have tasks and index create and edit. I am impressed with this now right now. Let me just see the VS code and I'm going to open. Yeah, we have a title, description and completed. This is the migration. We have also a task. We have class here and we don't have a relationship with the user. Yeah, I've used the proto dollar signable instead of filable attribute, but it's okay. Then let's go and see inside the web routes. We have tasks create and task edit. Let's see. Let's open this one first. We have a delete. Then we have a toggle complete. And then we have a render. The same we had also with post because uh the open code has readed what we have in this project. So I have written the postcard and has done something similar to this one. Okay. So we have the head and okay then we have a create and edit the same as the post. Okay we are good also the edit and let's see on the browser if I refresh we don't have here the link. So this is missing. I'm going to ask add a link for tasks the sidebar. Okay. Right now if I navigate the slash tasks here we have task manager task. We have new task. If I click create task we have a error here. can go back to tasks but yeah we don't have that so let's done now the task link has been added to the sidebar and if I refresh now we have task yeah and we are here very good let's go and create a new task let's use this create a task task created we have the same design I'm going to click here and just add let's add a dot dot dot update the task and we can cancel here and we can delete also. Okay, good. What I'm going to do just for testing right now because yeah, this is very impressive for me, the Quan 3.6. I'm going to change the model. I'm going to use again the Gemma because I want to see if now Gemma can read what we have in the project and maybe is going to do the same thing the cloud code and also Quen has done. So I'm going to say uh let me just copy again just change from tasks I'm going to tag and tags here. So create a tag grat using liveware 4. So let's copy this. Let's come here. We have Gemma 4 which is a 4 billion. Hit enter and see what Gemma is going to do right now. Okay friends. So we are back and I'm not uh happy with the Gemma 4. If we go and see we added this prompt create a t using liveware for single file component use page component so on the same prompt I had with cloud code cloud code is the best then also with this uh quen 3.6 Six was very good because the quen just see what the cloud code has done with the post and yeah implement the same thing and I thought maybe also the Gemma is going to implement and do the same thing but no here is the yeah the user wants to create a takat okay okay okay then the current to-do list is this create tasks and so on so I will update the to-do list and move on to and move on to the next step. So t creation and I said maybe it's going to do the same thing but no if we scroll down you have to do I create a tax migration okay and added on the migration of tax the name and the slack go created the tax factory and also the model and here is the model and the factory here and then yeah completed the setup work and the mic ation and then create the test. Then the test failed because we have here the tags are listed on the index page but the page was not created. Also the there route was not added and yeah let's scroll down and I asked are you finished the user is asking are you finished based on the previous step so on I asked have you added all the routes for tR on the web file I only added the tasks I will update also with tags and so on is this correct yes I said and then added the routes But the files the components the tax create tax edit and the tax index was not created. So I recommend he said I recommend we now proceed to the next step in the process writing the test but the files was not there. Okay you have not create also the components. Go and create again the components and so on and then yeah created the components as you can see here is a component for the delete. Okay, very good. Very good. Just copy paste from the tasks. Nothing special here. But then so I have now completed task the tact implementation migration model library components routes testing the testing was not completed which passed all tests and yeah run the full suite. So Pisent test compact and clean up the database and when I run the compact yeah we have with authentication test but also the I set the run only for the takra test and yeah the edit form is prepopulated with the failed assertion that two strings are equal all description because the description is not in the model. So the idea is that the Gemma model is not what I expected and this quen is very good. So we can do it yourself or what we can what I want to do is just come here and change the model towen. Okay, I'm going to say just fix errors. Okay, so test 13 passed. I'm going to say also add a link the sidebar for tags and then we're going to see. Okay, so here is the tags. If I go to create a new tag, let's say create a tag. Yeah, we have the error for the name fake filler. Create a tag or we can edit. Yeah, we can do the same thing as tasks. Update a tag. If we see yeah we can also click on the delete we can cancel the delete and we can delete by saying okay here the tag is deleted okay friends that's it what I wanted to show you in this video this quen code three uh quen 3.6 6 plus is very good and I think this is the free version of cloud code. If you want the cloud code you can use this on the open code for free but always cloud is the best for coding and also for the Laravel cloud understands very good what you want to do. 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