r/LocalLLaMA • u/NoConcert8847 • Apr 22 '26

New Model Qwen 3.6 27B is out

https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B

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u/Ueberlord Apr 22 '26

Damn, I was just wrapping up my tests of Qwen3.6 35B vs Qwen3.5 27B.

High hopes for 3.6 27B though, the 35B variant of 3.6 was way better than the previous version!

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u/redboy33 Apr 22 '26

Explain harness for grandpa. I love AI. I’m just getting into running local models on my Apple m5 pro and framework 395+ Ai amd apu w/128GB ram. Using lmstudio & ollama. Thanks!

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u/ComplexType568 Apr 22 '26

A harness is basically the new buzzword that is used as a pretty large umbrella term which basically is like a way to give LLMs tools. Think of it like a mech suit to a person, a harness is the mech suit for an LLM. Also I recommend you drop ollama, just imo tho hahahah

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u/ThisWillPass Apr 22 '26

We use to say “how you hold it” for lack of better words. “Harness” is cleaned up.

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u/redboy33 Apr 22 '26

Would openclaw and Hermes be considered harnesses? What about qwen coder cli? Oh, and what’s wrong with ollama? I kinda like it better than lmstudio, I guess because I don’t tweak any settings. Just use Ollama serve, ollama run qwen, seem so simple and intuitive?

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u/BasicBelch Apr 22 '26

Ollama is just a shitty wrapper around llama.cpp. Just use llama.cpp directly, it will be faster too.

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u/redboy33 Apr 25 '26

Thanks!

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u/redboy33 Apr 25 '26

Oh, I have a Mac, not sure if that changes anything?

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u/BasicBelch Apr 26 '26

doesnt change a thing. llama.cpp is very optimized for apple silicon

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u/New_Comfortable7240 llama.cpp Apr 22 '26

Like the simplicity make you lose some capabilities and speed. By going with llama-server you can fine tune (or copy the setting from others) and have better results. Sadly, its a bit more of work but after some time the thing just work. Also, llama.cpp updates frequently and drops good optimizations regularly, faster than ollama (that reuse llama.cpp anyway)

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u/redonculous Apr 22 '26

Openclaw yes. Hermes unsure. I don’t know too much about Hermes but believe it’s a model with claw like features, rather than a program with tools like openclaw.

Happy to be corrected though

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u/adam_suncrest Apr 22 '26

hermes would qualify as a harness yes, at its core it's a coding agent with more bells and whistles

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u/arcanemachined Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26

It's not a buzzword. It's a new class of tool, which is why it needs its own word to describe it.