For 1:1 with JEV needle doesn't compare out of the box.
Compared Jev to Needle for 1:1 use and moved on to building ESP32 small agents with Needle instead.
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For 1:1 with JEV needle doesn't compare out of the box. I learned they want you to finetune it for specific use case. We know that small models can do great work for finetuned. But I had a different itch. I'm on a journey to make ESP32 small agents. I did it with needle.
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Where this case fits
Filed under agents & workflows. In the pattern Jev is built for, the model answers a bounded question per step — and ordinary code acts on the answer, because the answer is already a value rather than a paragraph. Other posts in the same family are on the agents & workflows page.
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