Qwen3.8-Max: A New Bar for Coding and Cowork

Re:Qwen3.8-Max: A New Bar for Coding and Cowork by AbsurdCensor on Monday August 03, 2026 @11:24AM (#49157027)

Strix Halo as well. Bought it for $1,800 new on sale and shoved an extra 4tb drive into it. Been amazing for local AI. Maybe not the absolute fastest thing (usually around 30t/s depending on the task) but has been awesome for a local AI box that I can solar power.

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Re:Qwen3.8-Max: A New Bar for Coding and Cowork by SummSolutions on Monday August 03, 2026 @12:01PM (#49157556)

Nice. Mind sharing the solar side of your setup?

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Re:Qwen3.8-Max: A New Bar for Coding and Cowork by AbsurdCensor on Monday August 03, 2026 @01:48PM (#49159131)

Couple of rack mount batteries and roughly 5kw of solar panels. Feeds into a subpanel so I can flip it when I want a couple rooms of solar on the house, or hook a generator up if needed. Can't power the entire house, but works well for thinks like computers, lighting, etc. And if I want to expand, just throw on more panels, or realistically, just throw on more batteries to store the juice.

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Re:Qwen3.8-Max: A New Bar for Coding and Cowork by SummSolutions on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @11:51AM (#49170639)

Thanks - that’s what I want to do!

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