M4 Max (48GB) Agentic Dev Setup – Best tools/LLMs for a beginner?

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I just got an M4 Max MacBook Pro with 48GB of RAM and want to set up a local, agentic development environment.

I’m a beginner to the local LLM scene—so far, I’ve only really messed around with Ollama + Open WebUI. I want to take it to the next level and actually have agents writing, testing, or assisting with code.

Given my 48GB VRAM specs and beginner status:

• Which LLMs should I look at? (Qwen 2.5 Coder? Llama 3.1/3.3? What quantization size fits best?)
• What agentic frameworks/tools play nice with a local Mac setup? (CrewAI, Autogen, Cline/Roo Code, or Cursor with local endpoints?)
• What does a good beginner workflow look like here? Would love to hear how you'd maximize this machine without getting bogged down in overly complex enterprise orchestration tools right out of the gate. Thanks!