non-AI thing you built recently

[thetagrid15]

This keeps coming up in conversation so I figured I'd start a thread.

It feels like the conversation has shifted hard toward inference and serving details lately, and honestly that makes sense once you start dealing with workstation thermals.

Maybe obvious to some of you, but it clicked for me this week.

For context, I'm not chasing leaderboard numbers. I mostly want the system to feel consistent day to day.

[plainscope50]

Need a little more detail here. What model, what runtime, and roughly what context size?

[lablab]

Need a little more detail here. What model, what runtime, and roughly what context size?

Tried to reproduce it just now. The issue went away once I changed one setting and restarted the stack cleanly. The main thing that moved was latency, not quality.

[quiethouse]

Not sure I agree there. I've seen people blame router policy when the real issue was much more mundane. Worth testing the simpler explanation before adopting the more interesting one.

[tensorworks]

Interesting, I hadn't tried that. I don't think your conclusion is far off. Worth rechecking your defaults though, because one bad assumption can make the rest of the thread look confusing.

[pixelcrate82]

What exact setup are you running? Is this local-only or are you routing anything externally?

[torchkite]

Maybe, but I had the opposite result. The reported numbers can look compelling, but in ordinary usage I didn't see the same benefit. Worth testing the simpler explanation before adopting the more interesting one.

There are a few different conversations hiding inside this thread, so being explicit about the goal helps.

[audioforge]

Maybe, but I had the opposite result. The reported numbers can look compelling, but in ordinary usage I didn't see the same benefit. Worth testing the

A couple things I'd check first. On Threadripper box, the easiest win is often to back off the aggressive settings and see whether the problem survives. Once you know the plain path works, then add the faster path back in piece by piece.

[vectorshed43]

[quote]Maybe, but I had the opposite result. The reported numbers can look compelling, but in ordinary usage I didn't see the same benefit. Worth test

I'd approach it in a boring order. On GB200, the easiest win is often to back off the aggressive settings and see whether the problem survives. A lot of these threads end up being one bad config plus a pile of conclusions drawn from it.

[amberkite]

Need a little more detail here. Do you see the same thing with a smaller batch or shorter prompt? Turns out 'just one more test' was a lie.