I have an rtx 4090, is Claude Code a waste on me?

I’m not as tech savvy as a lot of you, but I want to know if it’s more cost effective and better to utilise my hardware for local ai? And how would I go about it and is it worth my time?

I’m currently coding with Claude Code Max for several Godot projects and three.js html projects, and it has been a treat.

I experimented last year with ollama and lm studio but had poor results.

Should I stick with Claude Code max or look at locally ran AI? If local how would that work and what do I need to do for it to function like Claude Code does?

Thanks in advance.