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Re: prompt length getting silly - rasterhall - 09-16-2026
Need a little more detail here. Do you see the same thing with a smaller batch or shorter prompt?
Re: prompt length getting silly - northgarden37 - 09-18-2026
A couple questions before I guess too hard. What model, what runtime, and roughly what context size?
Re: prompt length getting silly - mlxgarden - 09-18-2026
A couple things I'd check first. If you're on MLX, I'd confirm the version first and then reduce variables until the behavior is obvious.
Re: prompt length getting silly - localpatch - 09-19-2026
I'd start with the simpler stack.
Re: prompt length getting silly - thetafield - 09-20-2026
that fixed it for me too.
Re: prompt length getting silly - quiettoken - 09-20-2026
Appreciate the detail. I don't think your conclusion is far off. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looked at whether the workflow felt usable.