I stopped using Qwen and Gemma after finding a local LLM that actually thinks before answering
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I don’t pay for Perplexity or ChatGPT after combining my local LLMs with Perplexica and SearXNG
… Besides computing, his interests include spending hours in long RPGs, yelling at his friends in co-op games, and practicing guitar. Sign in to your XDA account When it comes to simple inference tasks, my locally-hosted large language models are reliable enough to deliver accurate results. …
What 'distilling' an AI model actually means and why it matters to self-hosting open LLMs
… Distillation improves how much capability developers can fit into that limited parameter budget. Companies such as Meta, Google, Alibaba, and DeepSeek have enough resources to continue training models without distillation. …
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. …