User says Qwen-3.8-27B good enough to drop API

A developer said Qwen-3.8-27B, quantized to Q4_K_S with Q8_0 context, completes complex refactors on its own, so they stopped using an API. Running via a Pi agent on a Raspberry Pi, cost is about 2.4 cents per 1M input tokens and 70 cents per 1M output. The author noted Pi's edit tool is the weak link.

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