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Ollama's speed depends on your hardware; on a modern GPU, Mistral 7B (running in Ollama) can generate code in 1-3 seconds, while CPU-only setups may take 10-30 seconds."},{"question":"Can Ollama be used in production or just for local development?","answer":"Ollama can be deployed in production. It exposes a REST API (default localhost:11434) that can be containerized with Docker, run on servers, or integrated into applications. Many teams use Ollama to power private LLM backends for cost-sensitive or privacy-critical applications."},{"question":"Does Continue work offline?","answer":"Not by default—Continue requires internet to reach cloud LLM providers. 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