Muse Glimmer Q8 Loops Badly, Fails at Coding in VSCode
Electronic_Back1502 · reddit · 2026-08-17
A user testing the Muse Glimmer model (Q8) for VSCode coding assistance encountered severe issues: the model got stuck in an infinite loop, re-reading the same lines while trying to fix bugs. The author noted Qwen 3.8 performed better on the same task, suggesting the issue might be vague prompts, small model limitations, or weak coding ability.
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