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I gave Qwen 3.8 27B a reverse-engineering job and it finished in 30 minutes

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Article URL: https://www.xda-developers.com/qwen-3-8-27b-reverse-engineering-job-frontier-model/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407507 Points: 159 # Comments: 80

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  1. 2026-08-23 15:38 · r/singularity
    I gave Qwen 3.8 27B a reverse-engineering job I assumed needed a frontier model, and it finished in 30 minutes
  2. 2026-08-23 10:02 · Hacker News Front Page
    I gave Qwen 3.8 27B a reverse-engineering job and it finished in 30 minutes

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