Small models as first-pass filters: Chris Albon's weekly scan over hundreds of thousands of entities
chrisalbon · x · 2026-11-01
Chris Albon shares a production pattern: his weekly job scans hundreds of thousands of entities, using small models (Qwen, Jev) as a cheap first pass to decide relevance, with only relevant items escalated to the more expensive large-model stage. He calls the swap amazing. The reply answers a thread asking which decision-model use cases have stuck in production.
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