Simon Willison Reviews Qwen 3.8 27B: Excellent but Defaults to Overthinking
NelsonMinar · reddit · 2026-08-17
Simon Willison reviews Qwen 3.8 27B, praising it as excellent but noting it defaults to overthinking. On Mastodon, he says it's the most fun he's had with a local model in a long time.
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