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Re:Qwen 3.8 27B is out: open weights, best local dense model... by johnnyApplePRNG on Friday August 14, 2026 @04:53PM (#49304457)
So add a pre-ingestion agent to your Pi Coding Agent subagent repertoire, problem solved.
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Re:Qwen 3.8 27B is out: open weights, best local dense model... by NamlchakKhandro on Friday August 14, 2026 @08:27PM (#49306272)
Woah woah woah buddy... suggesting that people use anything other than ClaudeCode or Codex is simply not allowed around these parts.
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Re:Qwen 3.8 27B is out: open weights, best local dense model... by solarengineer on Friday August 14, 2026 @08:41PM (#49306369)
Your negative impression is surprising. Could you point to any threads to support your message?
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Re:Qwen 3.8 27B is out: open weights, best local dense model... by solarengineer on Friday August 14, 2026 @08:51PM (#49306419)
Please, could you point me to any documentation about this pre-ingestion?

I’ve looked here: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/blob/main/packages/codi...

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Re:Qwen 3.8 27B is out: open weights, best local dense model... by johnnyApplePRNG on Sunday August 16, 2026 @11:19PM (#49326216)
The point is to simply add a subagent that interprets your task and hands that off to the coder set to the appropriate level of thinking, essentially.
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