I use the following models:

  - Qwen3.5 9B
  - Qwen3.6 35B A3B
  - Qwen3.8 27B
  - Gemma 4 26B A4B
  - Gemma 31B
  - Muse Glimmer 30B

I have 48G.

The MacMini is used solely for inference. llama.cpp + llama-swap.

People are saying local models are crap and serves no purposes.

I use them to help me spell check, write emails, write text messages, write JIRA tickets, write PR comments, etc.

I also use them in coding agents to complete different tasks.

I find them quite useful!