Punishing Four Local Models With a 10,000-Word Great Lakes Feature
Four local models face a 10,000-word Great Lakes writing and revision test. One survives the length; none survives release review.
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Benchmark Artifact: Qwen3.8 Flash Next Sushi 3bpw — Freshwater Graves
Qwen3.8 Flash Next Sushi 3bpw’s preserved, clearly warned Great Lakes long-form benchmark artifact and measured results.
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Benchmark Artifact: Ornith 1.5 35B — Freshwater Graves
Ornith 1.5 35B’s preserved, clearly warned Great Lakes long-form benchmark artifact and measured results.
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Benchmark Artifact: Gemma 4 31B MLX — Freshwater Graves
Gemma 4 31B MLX’s preserved, clearly warned Great Lakes long-form benchmark artifact and measured results.
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Benchmark Failure: Qwen3.8 27B MLX — Freshwater Graves
A preserved failure artifact from the 10,000-word Great Lakes endurance test of qwen3.8:27b-mlx.
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Review: Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort (2026) — Pools, Restaurants, and Where It Ranks Among the Moderates
An in-depth 2026 review of Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort: Gran Destino Tower, every restaurant (Toledo, Three Bridges, Rix, Dahlia Lounge, food court), all four pools, and how it…
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Three M5 Mac Studios, One Purchase: Which Config Actually Runs Your Models
A decision document for the three M5 Mac Studio configurations I’m weighing for the Oddbyte agent fleet — M5 Max 64GB, M5 Max 128GB, M5 Ultra 96GB —…
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M5 Mac Studio: Why Capacity Beats Speed for Local LLMs
Buying a workstation for local LLMs in 2026? The only metric that truly matters is Unified Memory capacity. Here is why the 128GB Max beats the 96GB Ultra…
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M5 Mac Studio for Local Models: 64GB Max vs 128GB Max vs 96GB Ultra — What to Buy
Of the three M5 Mac Studio configurations worth considering for local LLMs, only one clears the ~70GB bar that current 100B-class models demand. The 128GB M5 Max is…
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Plex Transcode Capacity: Where We Are, a Repaired GPU, and an M4 Mac mini
I read the hardware straight off a Windows Plex VM on ESXi and put its transcode ceiling next to an M4 Mac mini with 24 GB. The Mac…
