The Quantization Trap: How a 'Better' LLM Wrecked Our Performance
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I just spent a good chunk of change on a new Ollama server, banking on a supposedly superior, "quantization-aware" model to give us a trading edge. The result? It was slower, dumber, and cost me money. It was infuriating, but it taught me a lesson worth its weight in silicon.