odd little inference appliances: early impressions

[mangopath4]

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

One thing I keep noticing is that people underestimate KV cache pressure until they actually try to run this stuff for more than one afternoon.

Curious whether that lines up with what other people are seeing.

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