Qwen 3.8-27B just dropped.
Free, open weights, runs locally. It performs close to Claude Opus 4.6, the frontier model from just 6 months ago. No cloud. No subscription. Just your own machine. The catch: it needs real hardware. A Mac mini won't cut it. Set it up through Ollama
How I Ranked #1 in 7 Hours with Qwen 3.8 Max (FREE!)
Ranked #1 in 7 hours using Qwen 3.8 Max. ⚡ The proof: → Ranking above AI Overviews for "Hermes V0.2" in 7 hours → 0 → 224 clicks/day → 0 → 105 clicks/day Why Qwen 3.8 Max: free at (or API for
One prompt, no cloud: Qwen 3.8 27B running locally on a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (256 GB RAM) built this…
One prompt, no cloud: Qwen 3.8 27B running locally on a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (256 GB RAM) built this autonomous 3D water sim — a caldera where rain and springs feed one lake. Three.js, no physics engine, no assets. 19/19 tests, nothing needed fixing.
I tried three models with the same thing, and each one gave results again 🤔
The GLM had the best colors, the Qwen surprised me the most, and the Gemini finished under 2 minutes and 15 seconds. After trying all three, my final choice: Qwen 3.8 Max and GLM 5.3.
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