Skipping YAML: encoding config values into a Qwen 0.8B model instead
chrisalbon · x · 2026-11-03
Chris Albon shares an unconventional trick: instead of writing YAML, he has GPT-6 Astra encode the values into a Qwen 0.8B model — using a tiny LLM as the config store.
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