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Re:Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic Coding Power, Now Open to All by adrian_b on Thursday April 16, 2026 @05:54PM (#47800017)
The 397B model can be run at home with the weights stored on an SSD (or on 2 SSDs, for double throughput).

Probably too slow for chat, but usable as a coding assistant.

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Re:Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic Coding Power, Now Open to All by xienze on Thursday April 16, 2026 @06:05PM (#47800125)
I think you have that backwards. Agentic coding is way more demanding than simple chat. The request/response loops (tool calling) are much tighter and more numerous, and the context is waaaaay bigger in general.
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Re:Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic Coding Power, Now Open to All by fragmede on Friday April 17, 2026 @03:25AM (#47803358)
In processing power, but chat is interactive. Agentic coding, you come up with a plan and sign off on it, and then just let it go for a while. It's the difference between speed and latency.
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