Beam 1.0 501B (23B active) nine days in: dev reports strong backend coding
MeinDruckerSpinnt · reddit · 2026-10-25
A Reddit developer shares two days of backend software testing with Beam 1.0 (501B total, 23B active params) nine days after release, via third-party providers: fast responses, occasional loops and tool-call failures, strong navigation of large codebases across Rust/PHP/Python/JS, good nuance, likable personality with well-calibrated answer length, rule-following with skills applied. Weaknesses: weak 3D, no vision. No personal benchmarks were run; GPU self-hosting tests planned.
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