Solo Dev Releases 11 Models in 5 Months, Surpasses MIT in Downloads Using Just a MacBook Pro
wonderwomancode · x · 2026-08-29
Developer elderplinius shares milestones for OBLITERATUS: 11 model releases and 1.69M downloads in just 5 months. Remarkably, the entire compute stack was a single 16-inch MacBook Pro. The project has surpassed established organizations like MIT and Thinking Machines in Hugging Face followers and downloads.
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