Hands-on: Poolside's New Model Crushes Single-Step Tool Calling Tasks
_nateraw · x · 2026-07-22
A developer reported that the new Poolside model performs exceptionally well on single-step Spark tasks. While other models previously struggled with tool calling through the Hermes agent, this model handled it smoothly. A reply suggested using vLLM's 'max performance' deployment mode for optimal results.
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