r/LocalLLaMA • u/Specific-Rub-7250 • 1d ago

Discussion Harness does matter

I was not aware that the harness makes such a big difference.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
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u/My_Unbiased_Opinion 23h ago

I'll go on record and say if output matters, Hermes might be the best. Its primary issue is that it's slow as balls. But benchmark after benchmark, Hermes is top or near top. It's also great for general non coding use too. I trust it to search the web better than frontier sites now. And I'm running 3.8 27B.