I’ve tried coding and every one I’ve tried fails unless really, really basic small functions like what you learn as a newbie compared to say 4o mini that can spit out more sensible stuff that works.

I’ve tried explanations and they just regurgitate sentences that can be irrelevant, wrong, or get stuck in a loop.

So. what can I actually use a small LLM for? Which ones? I ask because I have an old laptop and the GPU can’t really handle anything above 4B in a timely manner. 8B is about 1 t/s!

  • herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 day ago

    for coding tasks you need web search and RAG. It’s not the size of the model that matters, since even the largest models find solutions online.

      • herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        12 hours ago

        Not on top of my head, but there must be something. llama.cpp and vllm have basically solved the inference problem for LLMs. What you need is a RAG solution on top that also combines it with web search.