I do find myself using it and it's been quite successful for parsing unstructured data, writing small focused scripts and translations
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Helped: Parsing unstructured data, writing small scripts, and translations.
Got in the way: Slow execution speed on older hardware.
Gemma4:e4b is crazy good and quite usable on 10 years old midrange hardware. Not sure about the security capabilities and haven't tested it all that well, as I usually just use hosted models, but I do find myself using it and it's been quite successful for parsing unstructured data, writing small focused scripts and translations. The fact that I retain control of the data itself makes it incredibly useful, as I work in an environment where I can't just paste internal stuff into Codex. …