The small-model world has changed forever, but the builder community hasn't priced it in
tokenbender · x · 2026-10-15
tokenbender argues the research/builder community still hasn't priced in that the small-model world has changed forever — most posts still compete on tok/s and memory cost, which he finds the least exciting part of what's now possible.
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