Models

Pinned Deepseek V4 then V4.1 Flash have been my workhorse models for months, both locally & on the APIs (but recently, GLM 5.3f, Mimo 2.6f, & Qwen 3.8f Next have been great alternatives for local hosting)
by Nick Antonaccio

Pinned Inexpensive LLM API providers for open source models
by Nick Antonaccio

Comparison of self-hosted LLM Rubiks Cube demos
by Nick Antonaccio

Hy3 works locally on a single DGX Spark. It's a serious contender for best self-hosted model.
by Nick Antonaccio

Mimo 2.6 Flash may become my default local LLM on a cluster of 2 DGX Sparks
by Nick Antonaccio

GLM 5.3 FLASH (OxAlpha) is a leader in local models. It's inexpensive + smart + fast on the API, originally an industry changing release, and still a killer buy.
by Nick Antonaccio

Deepseek 4.1 Flash is truly fantastic
by Nick Antonaccio

Step-3.7-Flash is surprisingly good
by Nick Antonaccio

Use MTP!
by Nick Antonaccio

Qwen 3.8 27b Issues
by Nick Antonaccio

Gemini 3.7 Flash is a real contender
by Nick Antonaccio

GLM 5.3 may now be the best open source model
by Nick Antonaccio

arcee-ai/trinity-large-thinking
by Nick Antonaccio

Don't forget about GLM 5.2
by Nick Antonaccio

Music Generation Models
by Nick Antonaccio

GPT 6 Astra is being rolled out - it beats Fable 5.1
by Nick Antonaccio

Qwen 3.6 35a3b & 27b are incredible for small GPUs, Gemma 4 26a4b & 31b are runners-up
by Nick Antonaccio

Ternary models, which run on CPUs
by Nick Antonaccio

Laguna S 2.1 is a new self-hostable mid-size model.
by Nick Antonaccio

Testing LLMs' depth of knowledge, all the way up to Anthropic Fable
by Nick Antonaccio