Show HN: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB RAM on any M-series Mac

Re:Show HN: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB R... by sznio on Thursday July 30, 2026 @03:53AM (#49107140)

Nice. Gemma feels nice to write with but every time I use it for coding it struggles with tool calling significantly.

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Re:Show HN: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB R... by gitpusher42 on Thursday July 30, 2026 @04:51AM (#49107479)

Yeah, Gemma is not the best for coding I guess. qwen must be better

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Re:Show HN: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB R... by anon373839 on Thursday July 30, 2026 @08:31AM (#49109119)

Have you tried the new chat template Google released recently? It’s supposed to address this and enable reasoning content preservation. I have not tried it myself but am hoping it does the trick, since Gemma is great model otherwise.

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