Ternary Compression and Local Optimization Push High-End Inference Onto Your Machine

A wave of Qwen3.8 local optimizations and Bonsai 2's ternary compression is making capable models run affordably on personal hardware.

The open-weights ecosystem is having a quiet efficiency moment. @daogangtang points to a Qwen3.8 local optimization wave, Bonsai 2's ternary compression, and MiniMax's open-source terminal agent layer as evidence that high-performance inference is migrating from the cloud to personal machines.

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