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1024: Open Models Replace Big AI

1 hour 7 minutes Posted Jul 27, 2026 at 11:00 am.

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Welcome to Syntax

Vue.js 3.6 RC Released

Brought to you by Sentry

Rift new worktree alternative

Every new browser feature

Kimi K3 Released

What are Open Weight Models

Kimi K3 Architecture

Qwen 3.8 Released

Inkling from Thinking Machines

Mole Cleanup App

Moshi Terminal App

RIP Stack Overflow

Scott’s Foot Pedal

Scott’s Feet

Decoy Font

Jurassic Park Computers

Ride the Tokyo Trains LIVE

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A huge week for open models: Inkling (the first big US open-weight model since Gemma 4), Qwen 3.8, and Kimi 3 all dropped. Plus Vue 3.6 RC + Vapor Mode, the slow death of Stack Overflow, a decoy font that blinds AI, and the usual grab bag of fun links.

Show Notes

Vue.js 3.6-RC.1

Rift

Explaining Rift tweet

MDN Plus Browser features updates

CSS ’text-fit’ property

Kimi K3 release tweet

Kimi K3 blog post

Openrouter effective pricing

Kimi K3’s built up

Cutting off access to Kimi

Qwen 3.8 launch announcement

Thinking Machines release Inkling

Inkling release post from Mira Murati

Thinking Machines news blog post

Mole

Moshi app

Query for new questions on Stack Overflow

Stack Overflow for Agents

StackExchange

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