Ask HN-Style: Is There a Debloated Local LLM Optimized Purely for Web Dev?
HsSekhon · reddit · 2026-08-25
A developer limited to 12GB VRAM is looking for a lightweight local model trained purely for coding (JS, SQL, Python, PHP, CSS) with no chemistry/history filler, noting existing options like Qwen Coder still don't match frontier models, and wondering whether any lab has built such a hyper-focused small model.
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