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Short, reproducible write-ups of AI research and models, each one backed by a runnable artifact.

practice · 2026-09-22

Qwen-Image-2.1 on public prompts: the 4/7 was protocol, not capability

Three image models, one machine, one public prompt set, verbatim and same-seed. Rewriting the prompts into enhancer-style descriptions fixed both failures on the spot.

practice · 2026-09-22

Image-to-video in three parameters: how a 5-second clip costs twice what it should

wan2.6-i2v-flash needs one first frame and one motion prompt — but neither of its two defaults is the cheap one.

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