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Why 3B Local Models Fail at Python but Fly on S-Expressions

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Why 3B Local Models Fail at Python but Fly on S-Expressions When running sovereign, offline autonomous coding agents on consumer Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4 with unified memory), developers frequently reach for small quantized models: Qwen2.5-Coder-3B-Instruct or Llama-3.2-3B in Q4_K_M . The hardwar…

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    Why 3B Local Models Fail at Python but Fly on S-Expressions

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