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Re: prefill/decode separation in practice - turboarch95 - 10-13-2026

Thanks, that helps. The pattern around reranking has been pretty similar for me. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looked at whether the workflow felt usable.


Re: prefill/decode separation in practice - cacheline - 10-16-2026

Quote:Thanks, that helps. The pattern around reranking has been pretty similar for me. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looke

following this because I'm in the same boat.


Re: prefill/decode separation in practice - oxidemixer - 10-18-2026

Quote:[quote]Thanks, that helps. The pattern around reranking has been pretty similar for me. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and jus

A couple things I'd check first. Start by verifying the driver/runtime combo, then test with a smaller prompt, then look at long context. A lot of these threads end up being one bad config plus a pile of conclusions drawn from it.


Re: prefill/decode separation in practice - turboarch95 - 10-18-2026

Can you fill in a bit more context? Is this local-only or are you routing anything externally?