Flash-MoE: Running a 397B Parameter Model on a Laptop
Flash-Moe is a pure C/Metal inference engine that runs the Qwen3.5-397B-A17B model, a 397 billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts model, on a MacBook Pro with 48GB RAM at over 4.4 tokens per second. The 209GB model streams from SSD using a custom Metal compute pipeline without relying on Python or other frameworks.
github.com
6 min
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FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook. AI build one for me
FreeBSD lacks a Wi-Fi driver for older MacBook models. An AI-generated driver is being developed to enable Wi-Fi functionality on a 2016 MacBook Pro running FreeBSD.
vladimir.varank.in
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Flash-MoE: Running a 397B Parameter Model on a Laptop
Flash-Moe is a pure C/Metal inference engine that runs the Qwen3.5-397B-A17B model, a 397 billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts model, on a MacBook Pro with 48GB RAM at over 4.4 tokens per second. The 209GB model streams from SSD using a custom Metal compute pipeline without relying on Python or other frameworks.
github.com
6 min
3/22/2026
FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook. AI build one for me
FreeBSD lacks a Wi-Fi driver for older MacBook models. An AI-generated driver is being developed to enable Wi-Fi functionality on a 2016 MacBook Pro running FreeBSD.
vladimir.varank.in
7 min
2/23/2026
Flash-MoE: Running a 397B Parameter Model on a Laptop
Flash-Moe is a pure C/Metal inference engine that runs the Qwen3.5-397B-A17B model, a 397 billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts model, on a MacBook Pro with 48GB RAM at over 4.4 tokens per second. The 209GB model streams from SSD using a custom Metal compute pipeline without relying on Python or other frameworks.
github.com
6 min
3/22/2026
FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook. AI build one for me
FreeBSD lacks a Wi-Fi driver for older MacBook models. An AI-generated driver is being developed to enable Wi-Fi functionality on a 2016 MacBook Pro running FreeBSD.
vladimir.varank.in
7 min
2/23/2026
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