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title: "I gave Qwen 3.8 27B a reverse-engineering job and it finished in 30 minutes"
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# I gave Qwen 3\.8 27B a reverse\-engineering job and it finished in 30 minutes

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**Published:** 2026-08-23T10:02:51.000Z
**Category:** Models
**Topics:** qwen, llm, coding, reasoning

## Summary

Qwen 3\.8 27B genuinely shocked me with what it achieved here\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.xda-developers.com/qwen-3-8-27b-reverse-engineering-job-frontier-model/>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407507>)