09-08-2026, 05:40 AM
This keeps coming up in conversation so I figured I'd start a thread.
One thing I keep noticing is that people underestimate prefill/decode split until they actually try to run this stuff for more than one afternoon.
Maybe obvious to some of you, but it clicked for me this week.
My use case is pretty ordinary: local chat, some document work, and occasional batch jobs.
If I had to summarize the lesson so far, it would be that clean setup and observability beat clever guesses.
One thing I keep noticing is that people underestimate prefill/decode split until they actually try to run this stuff for more than one afternoon.
Maybe obvious to some of you, but it clicked for me this week.
My use case is pretty ordinary: local chat, some document work, and occasional batch jobs.
If I had to summarize the lesson so far, it would be that clean setup and observability beat clever guesses.