Dev tempted to switch back from Qwen 3.8 to 3.6: great coder, terrible collaborator
Chuyito · reddit · 2026-09-02
After a week with Qwen 3.8, a Reddit user is considering switching back to 3.6:
- A 2-line PR turns into a 100-line "linter-style mess" from 3.8.
- 3.6 one-shots small changes that fit existing naming and layout; 3.8 insists on its own parameters and return types — a simple return False becomes a "perfect" dict stuffed with metadata.
The author admits 3.8's code is genuinely good (error handling, strict typing), but it's overkill for internal one-call methods and can't maintain a consistent style.
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