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Are local models actually bad at project work, or do all harnesses just suck?

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I’m using Qwen 3.8 27B, and honestly it cannot finish even a simple project to save its life. It’ll say something is done when it isn’t, skip verification, leave work half-finished, and just generally mess things up. I originally thought the problem was my own harness, so I switched around and trie…

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  1. 2026-08-31 21:30 · r/LocalLLM
    Are local models actually bad at project work, or do all harnesses just suck?

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