Model Comparison
Model Editorial Structural Class Conf SETL Theme
@cf/meta/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct lite ND ND — 0.80 — —
@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast lite ND ND — 0.92 — —
@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast lite 0.00 ND Neutral 0.80 0.00 Technical Freedom
@cf/meta/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct lite 0.00 ND Neutral 1.00 0.00 —
openai/gpt-oss-120b:free lite ND ND — — — —
google/gemma-3-27b-it:free lite ND ND — — — —
qwen/qwen3-coder:free lite ND ND — — — —
Section @cf/meta/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct lite @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast lite @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast lite @cf/meta/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct lite openai/gpt-oss-120b:free lite google/gemma-3-27b-it:free lite qwen/qwen3-coder:free lite
Preamble ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
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ND NIH is cheaper than the wrong dependency (lewiscampbell.tech)
310 points by todsacerdoti 234 days ago | 198 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
The author discusses the costs of dependencies in coding and presents a framework for evaluating them.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 12 evals
+1 0 −1 HN
Audit Trail 24 entries
2026-03-05 12:16 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 12:16 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive)
2026-03-05 12:05 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.321 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 12:05 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.32 (Moderate positive)
2026-03-01 18:10 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-01 18:10 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical blog post on coding
2026-03-01 18:05 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-01 18:05 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical blog post on coding
2026-03-01 17:03 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-01 17:03 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial on coding dependencies, no human rights discussion
2026-03-01 16:52 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-01 16:52 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical blog post on coding
2026-03-01 16:46 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-01 16:46 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical blog post on coding
2026-03-01 15:24 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-01 15:24 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial on coding dependencies, no human rights discussion
2026-03-01 15:13 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-01 15:13 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical blog post on coding
2026-02-28 21:53 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 21:53 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial on coding dependencies, no human rights discussion
2026-02-28 21:49 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 21:49 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
Editorial on coding dependencies, no human rights discussion
2026-02-28 21:46 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 21:46 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
Technical blog post on coding