Local AI on AMD Strix Halo Writes Full Tech Specs: 5-10x Slower but It Works
julianharris · x · 2026-10-12
Dev julianharris reports a milestone in his #ailocal journey: an AMD Strix Halo AI PC running Gufo Local AI took over spec-writing started by Claude, even adopting his "failing tests first" advice. Screenshots show a complete design (10 sections, 70 test-strategy cases, 17 tasks) with honest verification notes. Key lessons: measure productivity, not tok/s (Qwen 3.8 is extremely verbose — actual outcomes 5-10x slower), but the work does get done. Fully reproducible via ./install.sh and ./run.sh in his repo.
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