I GAVE QWEN 3.8 27B A REVERSE-ENGINEERING JOB I ASSUMED NEEDED A FRONTIER MODEL, AND IT FINISHED IN 30 MINUTES

Summary from the TLDR Dev newsletter

Qwen 3.8 27B proved to be highly capable in reverse-engineering a commercial app's license check in just 30 minutes, demonstrating impressive self-correction and detailed analysis of the software's security processes. This local model's ability to function effectively offline and independently challenges previous assumptions about the complexities of such tasks.