Maxwell: a model that rewrites running binaries to speed up Whisper and LTX-2, with formal verification
EvilHackFar · reddit · 2026-10-20
A Reddit post introduces Maxwell, a novel model that sits under a running program and speeds it up on the fly based on observed hardware and data, with claimed speedups for models like Whisper and LTX-2.
Key detail: it modifies binaries at runtime without touching source code — like a JIT, but a model decides what to change instead of fixed compiler heuristics. The project reportedly uses formal verification to prove optimized versions remain behaviorally identical, though the poster questions how that holds up with floating point and nondeterminism.
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