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[orbitbench6]

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

One thing I keep noticing is that people underestimate small local stacks until they actually try to run this stuff for more than one afternoon.

Wondering if this is just where the whole space is heading now.

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

[thetagrid15]

Appreciate the detail. I don't think your conclusion is far off. The biggest change for me was simplifying the stack instead of adding one more optimization layer.

[macrolab]

What worked for me was pretty simple. On 4090, 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. The logs were somehow calmer than I was.