Do 2B models have practical use cases, or are they just toys for now?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Long time Claude Opus user, but after the recent session limit changes by Anthropic, I am seriously considering trying Chinese models for coding.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’m trying to understand the current open-source LLM landscape beyond surface-level hype.</p> <p>We all got used to the nerfed products of

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello, hope this is an appropriate post for the sub, I'm usually a lurker</p> <p>Are there any ~4B models with enough programming knowledge to

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Are local 4B models usable on smartphone?</p> <p>Just did a vibe check on a Pixel Pro 10, Gemma 4B vs Qwen 3.5 4B, starting from handheld photos

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I am trying to understand the current consensus and legal landscape regarding how public data and developer contributions are being utilized by

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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>A noticeable trend is happening: more users are moving away from heavily aligned cloud models (like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) toward local or

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hi. What do you think is the smallest Open model, as of Spring 2026, that can match/beat OpenAI GPT 4o Mini in the broadest sense possible?</p>