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Vibe Coding in VS Code

30 MIN

Use DGX Spark as a local or remote Vibe Coding assistant with Ollama and Continue.dev

Install Ollama

Install the latest version of Ollama using the following command:

curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh

Start the Ollama service:

ollama serve

Once the service is running, pull the desired model:

ollama pull gpt-oss:120b

(Optional) Enable Remote Access

To allow remote connections (e.g., from a workstation using VSCode and Continue.dev), modify the Ollama systemd service:

sudo systemctl edit ollama

Add the following lines beneath the commented section:

[Service]
Environment="OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0:11434"
Environment="OLLAMA_ORIGINS=*"

Reload and restart the service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart ollama

If using a firewall, open port 11434:

sudo ufw allow 11434/tcp

Install VSCode

For DGX Spark (ARM-based), download and install VSCode:

wget https://code.visualstudio.com/sha/download?build=stable&os=linux-deb-arm64 -O vscode-arm64.deb
sudo apt install ./vscode-arm64.deb

If using a remote workstation, install VSCode appropriate for your system architecture.

Install Continue.dev Extension

Open VSCode and install Continue.dev from the Marketplace.
After installation, click the Continue icon on the right-hand bar.

Skip login and open the manual configuration via the gear (⚙️) icon.
This opens config.yaml, which controls model settings.

Local Inference Setup

  • In the Continue chat window, use Ctrl/Cmd + L to focus the chat.
  • Click Select Model → + Add Chat Model
  • Choose Ollama as the provider.
  • Set Install Provider to default.
  • For Model, select Autodetect.
  • Click Connect.

You can now select your downloaded model (e.g., gpt-oss:120b) for local inference.

Remote Setup for DGX Spark

To connect Continue.dev to a remote DGX Spark instance, edit config.yaml in Continue and add:

models:
  - model: gpt-oss:120b
    title: gpt-oss:120b
    apiBase: http://YOUR_SPARK_IP:11434/
    provider: ollama

Replace YOUR_SPARK_IP with the IP address of your DGX Spark.
Add additional model entries for any other Ollama models you wish to host remotely.

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