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Re:I ran Gemma 4 as a local model in Codex CLI
on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @06:28PM (#47786170)
On mobile the Q4 vs Q6 tradeoff flips. Gemma 4 E2B at Q4_K_M barely fits in RAM on a 6GB Android, so Q6 isn't on the table. In practice the Q4 hit shows up in tool-call reliability more than general reasoning, which is usually fine for a constrained skill surface.
Re:Show HN: QVAC SDK, a universal JavaScript SDK for building local AI...
on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @06:25PM (#47786137)
Went through the SDK docs before asking. On RN/Expo specifically, does Fabric run inside a Bare worklet with IPC back to Hermes, or drop into a native module the way llama.rn does via JNI and llama.cpp? Perf and memory footprint would look very different between the two, curious which path you landed on.
Re:Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winning
on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @04:31AM (#47762869)
Even Gemma 4 E2B is more useful than you'd think if you give it the right harness. I've been running it on Android via llama.rn and it handles function calling natively — the model outputs structured tool calls without any prompt engineering. Won't replace Opus for hard reasoning but for a mobile app that needs to pick a tool and run it, the cost math is hard to argue with. $0/query forever.