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Pick the Right Model for Your Machine

Stop guessing which model to run. Verdict-first picks for 8, 12, 16 and 24GB+ cards and for each job you actually do, then the reasoning underneath: the three numbers that decide everything, quant formats, when a 7B beats a 70B, real usable context, sampling settings, honest speed measurement, how to read a leaderboard without being fooled, and how to build an eval from your own work.

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Pick by Hardware: What to Run at 8, 12, 16 and 24GB+

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Pick by Job: Coding, Writing, Vision, Embeddings, Tool-Calling

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The Three Numbers That Decide Everything

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Quant Formats Decoded: GGUF, AWQ, GPTQ, MLX

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When a 7B Beats a 70B: Task Fit Over Size

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Context Window Claims vs Real Usable Context

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Sampling Settings: The Free Quality Upgrade Everyone Skips

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Measuring Speed Honestly: tok/s and Time to First Token

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How to Read a Leaderboard Without Being Fooled

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Contamination, Cherry-Picking, and Vendor Benchmarks

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Build Your Own Eval: 20 Prompts From Your Real Work

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Licences Before You Ship

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Keeping a Live Shortlist as Models Churn

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Capstone: Your Personal Model Bench

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