Qwen3.6, and WilmerAI OpenCode workflows

Just a random note, but Qwen3.6 35b a3b is putting a smile on my face. This little model feels like a big upgrade over 3.5's 27b or 35b a3b.

Also- the Wilmer workflow for OpenCode is really going well. I need to test it more, because I had to do a big refactor on it, but so far between that and Qwen3.6, the level of quality I'm seeing from OpenCode now feels reliable. I won't over-exaggerate the situation by making any claims about it feeling similar in quality to X or Y proprietary cloud models; instead I'll say that up until now, I had not felt like a local model that ran at any kind of a decent speed was particularly reliable for power-user level agentic coding. This model + jamming my Wilmer workflow between MLX and OpenCode has now changed that. I have more work to do, a lot more testing to do, but I'm feeling really good about this right now.

And on a side note: the M5 Max with MLX is absolutely destroying my M3 Ultra in terms of speeds when running Qwen3.6 35b. I currently have that model running at bf16 on the M5 Max, and Im watching it process prompts at insane (for Mac) speeds.

M5 Max 128GB Macbook Pro MLX Qwen3.6 35b a3b bf16 - 4k tokens
Total Time: ~1.1 seconds

2026-04-19 22:56:00,920 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 322/4010
2026-04-19 22:56:01,475 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 2370/4010
2026-04-19 22:56:01,972 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 4006/4010
2026-04-19 22:56:02,004 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 4009/4010
2026-04-19 22:56:02,029 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 4010/4010

M5 Max 128GB Macbook Pro MLX Qwen3.6 35b a3b bf16 - 32k tokens
Total time: ~11 seconds

2026-04-19 22:56:18,074 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 2048/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:18,652 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 4096/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:19,259 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 6144/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:19,896 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 8192/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:20,561 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 10240/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:21,249 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 12288/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:21,971 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 14336/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:22,714 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 16384/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:23,485 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 18432/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:24,288 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 20480/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:25,122 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 22528/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:25,989 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 24576/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:26,879 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 26624/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:27,800 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 28672/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:28,761 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 30720/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:29,542 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 32136/32137
2026-04-19 22:56:29,581 - INFO - Prompt processing progress: 32137/32137

Anyhow, I have a very busy week coming up, so I'm unlikely to post much for a little bit, but I will be testing this workflow up a storm and really putting this little Qwen through its paces.