What Actually Happens When You Quantize a Language Model
How shrinking a model's numeric precision cuts memory and speeds up inference, and exactly what you trade away to get there.
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I work on backend systems and software architecture. I care about how systems are designed, how teams work together, and how new tools like AI fit into everyday engineering work.
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How shrinking a model's numeric precision cuts memory and speeds up inference, and exactly what you trade away to get there.
A plain, honest look at this by task type, not another take on whether AI will replace engineers.
The review habits that need to change when more of your codebase is written by AI.