I stopped using Qwen and Gemma after finding a local LLM that actually thinks before answering
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Local one-shots, you say? Yep, we're there with Qwen 3.8 27B
I gave Qwen 3.8 27B a reverse-engineering job I assumed needed a frontier model, and it finished in 30 minutes
… In my spare time, you’ll probably find me playing Counter-Strike or VALORANT, and you can reach out to me at adam@xda-developers.com , on Twitter as @AdamConwayIE , on Instagram as AdamConwayIE , or u/AdamConwayIE on Reddit. …
I ran Gemma 4 and Qwen 3.5 for the same local tasks, and one pulled miles ahead
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I ran Gemma, Llama, and Qwen on my phone, and only one of them is worth the storage
… So I figured I'd see how my baseline holds up against fresh competition. I first ran it through the handful of prompts the local LLM community uses as quick vibe checks - the strawberry test, the marble-in-a-cup, and Sally's brothers. …
I split my coding work between Claude, Qwen3-Coder and Gemma 4, and it costs less than paying for one subscription
… Putting capable models like Qwen3-Coder and Gemma 4 to complement my coding process completely changed the economics of how I use LLMs. …
I tested a local LLM against a frontier cloud model, and the gap was smaller than I expected
… In my spare time, you’ll probably find me playing Counter-Strike or VALORANT, and you can reach out to me at adam@xda-developers.com , on Twitter as @AdamConwayIE , on Instagram as AdamConwayIE , or u/AdamConwayIE on Reddit. …
I vibe coded with Qwen 3.6 on a platform it had never seen, and the model was never the bottleneck
… In my spare time, you’ll probably find me playing Counter-Strike or VALORANT, and you can reach out to me at adam@xda-developers.com , on Twitter as @AdamConwayIE , on Instagram as AdamConwayIE , or u/AdamConwayIE on Reddit. …
I trimmed down my local AI stack, and I should have done it sooner
… Simplifying my stack completely changed that, and I only wish I had done it much sooner. …
I run a 24GB GPU instead of paying for Claude or Codex, and Qwen 3.6 keeps up more than I expected
… He's covered everything from Apple to apps and crowdfunding and loves getting to the bottom of complicated topics. In that time, he's also written for SlashGear and numerous corporate clients before finding his home at XDA in the spring of 2023. …