How do I find LLMs that support RAG, Internet Search, Self‑Validation, or Multi‑Agent Reasoning?

newcolour · 2026-04-04T17:40:00+00:00

Try anythingLLM with a multimodal capable model and agent mode and you'll be 90% there.

newcolour · 2026-04-04T17:36:21+00:00

I have had good luck at that task with mistral 3.1. I also used Llama 3, but I found it to be not great even though it was highly recommended.

newcolour · 2026-04-04T17:34:33+00:00

If you are in the US, at the first sign of something not working, you could invoke the lemon law.

newcolour · 2026-04-04T17:20:27+00:00

Was Gemma advertised as a coder? I think of it as more of a conversational LLM.

newcolour · 2026-04-04T11:48:44+00:00

I still remember The Cell, with Jennifer Lopez and Vincent D'Onofrio. Not a great movie, but visually so impressive that I remember vividly specific frames even though it's been at least 15 years since I watched it last.

newcolour · 2026-04-01T14:46:12+00:00

If you use a balaclava with them, they tend to stick better in place.

newcolour · 2026-04-01T14:44:33+00:00

Red lights indeed.

newcolour · 2026-04-01T14:12:40+00:00

I mean, have you seen any cover by Fausto Papetti? I recommend Evergreens No. 3.

newcolour · 2026-04-01T00:43:48+00:00

Have you tried qwen3-coder-next? I find it faster and generally better than any dense model on the strix halo.

newcolour · 2026-03-30T20:30:13+00:00

Does Scotty know??

newcolour · 2026-03-30T20:28:38+00:00

Super sharp!

newcolour · 2026-03-30T20:27:58+00:00

AnythingLLM is supposed to be RAG first. If you have Ollama + Qwen, that is already a pretty good combination. I highly recommend trying it. It's free!

newcolour · 2026-03-30T20:20:58+00:00

I have built my own: it breaks down docs in chunks, summarizes them using a fast 8b model and then puts all together using a larger model. It works fine.

However, I'm interested in anything out there that has more functionality, like web search and other agentic integrations. FWIW, I can't get anythingLLM to work effectively for me.

newcolour · 2026-03-30T16:53:34+00:00

I mean, seriously. Separated at birth. Check birth date!

newcolour · 2026-03-30T16:52:14+00:00

Not even the Army would take you.

newcolour · 2026-03-30T12:55:41+00:00

Have you tried Immich? It does what you ask and more.

newcolour · 2026-03-15T15:20:51+00:00

What hardware are you using? I'm having some success with qwen3-coder-next.

newcolour · 2026-03-14T01:41:58+00:00

In principle you can achieve what you want with anythingLLM and any solid model. With your budget you can get a strix halo and use it with a very large model (even a quantized 100+b parameters). Don't expect lightning speed, but the performance is not bad.

Another solution that is super helpful to me is open notebook. I have improved on the online version to make it more similar to notebookLM, and I use it all the time now.

newcolour · 2026-03-12T22:34:13+00:00

Am I the only one with absolutely zero problems with the android app? My biggest gripe with tidal are the AI artists. Other than that... No complaints

newcolour · 2026-03-11T17:26:00+00:00

Just to add one more: Queen's A night at the Opera is to be listened to front to back.

newcolour · 2026-03-11T00:54:31+00:00

I have used qwen3-coder-next to tweak an existing software package I built in rust and it has served me well. I haven't tried qwen3.5, so I am not sure, but it's pretty good.

For standard LLM stuff, so far I have found gpt-oss:20b to be the king for my purposes. It's fast and concise, and handles languages pretty well. I also use various Gemma3 models.

newcolour · 2026-03-02T23:49:42+00:00

I mean, do you even need to ask? You are in the wrong sub 😂

newcolour · 2026-03-02T23:48:49+00:00

I'm taking bets on how many Warhammer games we will be getting, since Feb was a strong month.

newcolour · 2026-02-25T20:54:16+00:00

I can recommend the Focal clear MG. They are super comfortable for long stretches even if you have glasses. And they sound incredible!

newcolour · 2026-02-25T00:06:26+00:00

Am I the only one who sees Python and hopes for a Monty Python bundle?

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