Early Users Prefer Thinking Machines' Open-Weights Inkling Small 2 Over DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
gnukeith · x · 2026-11-13
Developer gnukeith reports that the more he uses Inkling Small 2, the more he likes it — to the point of preferring it over DeepSeek V4.1 Flash — thanking Thinking Machines for the open-weights release.
Third-party impressions of the new small model suggest it can genuinely challenge DeepSeek's lightweight tier. Note the assessment is one user's subjective experience.
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