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I ran a 9B model trained on Claude's reasoning on my 8GB GPU, and it made me rethink paying for Claude

XDA ·Nolen Jonker·2 days ago
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Published Oct 24, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT

Nolen began their writing career in 2019, with three years dedicated to editing the Creative section at MakeUseOf . Their expertise lies at the crossroads of technology and creativity, covering areas like photography, video editing, and graphic design.

Outside of work, you'll often find Nolen diving into a good book, writing their own stories, or playing video games.

Claude Pro proves its worth most of the time. Anthropic's models are accessible pretty much anywhere through API, but the Claude workspace has become almost necessary in my workflow, especially Projects and Artifacts - and more recently, Claude Docs too. But when I scroll back through weeks of chats, I realize the sessions themselves are pretty basic, they mostly revolve around helping me understand things.…

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