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Tested Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B on PI Coding Agent - surprisingly usable, but not great at one-shot projects

I tested Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B (Q8) locally using Pi and llama-server. All five tests were one-shot. Results were pretty mixed: - Pelican SVG, Browser OS, Minecraft: Poor results. - Bouncing Hexagon: Physics were okay, but surprisingly it made it run in the terminal. - Flappy Bird: Completed it, but…

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  1. 2026-10-09 15:50 · r/LocalLLM
    Tested Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B on PI Coding Agent - surprisingly usable, but not great at one-shot projects
  2. 2026-10-09 15:50 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Tested Mellum2.1-12B-A2.5B on PI Coding Agent - surprisingly usable, but not great at one-shot projects

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