Signal 3.8 Flash Next - Ran locally on AMD Strix Halo

An open-ended brief: "create some beautiful html, the most state of the art modern web design, be creative and take out all stops." No product, no copy, no reference image. The model invented a fictional analogue synthesiser and built its launch site from scratch.

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Oscilla MK-VIII, by Signal 3.8 Flash Next

Run through Marshall, served locally via llama.cpp on AMD Strix Halo.

Complete · ↓53,096 tokens · 24m 43s total · 35.80 tok/s

A single self-contained HTML file, unedited: preloader, animated waveform hero, custom cursor, scroll-driven sections, a playable eight-voice synth built on the Web Audio API, a day/night theme with view transitions, and a full spec sheet for an instrument that doesn't exist.

Dark landing page hero for a fictional analogue synthesiser called Oscilla, with an oversized wordmark over animated waveform lines and an acid-yellow ticker, generated as HTML by Signal 3.8 Flash Next
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Qwen 3.8 Flash Next - Ran locally on AMD Strix Halo

The same open-ended brief as above, given to the base model. It invented a fictional sound archive in Reykjavík and built its site, complete with a live audio console and a membership tier list.

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Bureau of Lost Sounds, by Qwen 3.8 Flash Next

Run through Marshall, served locally via llama.cpp on AMD Strix Halo.

Complete · ↓40,726 tokens · 20m 11s total · 33.60 tok/s

A single self-contained HTML file, unedited: editorial serif hero, a live UTC clock, scroll-reveal sections, a Web Audio console that synthesises the archive's sounds, canvas waveforms, a field-trip ledger, a timeline, and a FAQ. Placeholder photos are hotlinked from picsum.photos, as the model wrote them.

Dark editorial landing page hero reading 'We keep the sounds the world stops making' in a large serif face with orange italic emphasis, for a fictional sound archive, generated as HTML by Qwen 3.8 Flash Next
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Qwen 3.8 Flash Next - Ran locally on AMD Strix Halo

I asked Qwen3.8-Flash-Next to build an explorable 3D pagoda garden using three.js. No vision input, made with Marshall.

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Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, in 3D

Run through Marshall, served locally via llama.cpp on my own quant, agentionai/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-ROCmFP4-FAST-imatrix-GGUF.

A single self-contained HTML file: a five-tier pagoda, falling cherry blossoms, koi in a reflecting pool, drifting sky lanterns, and a day/night cycle, all hand-built in three.js.

Voxel-style 3D pagoda garden scene at golden hour, with cherry blossoms, a pond, and a zen garden, built in three.js by Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
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Interactive · drag to orbit, scroll to zoom · open full size ↗

The pagoda test

The original brief: "create an atmospheric SVG of a pagoda and cherry blossom trees." Pure SVG code, no raster generation, no post-processing.

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Fable 5.1

Run from the Claude interface with max reasoning effort.

Signed with C2PA content credentials confirming Claude authorship, the only entry here with built-in provenance.

Five-tier pagoda on a hilltop at sunset with mountain ridges, birds, and cherry blossom branches framing the scene, generated as SVG by Fable 5.1
690×472 viewBox · 68 KB · open full size ↗
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Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Run through Marshall, served locally via llama.cpp on my own quant, agentionai/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-ROCmFP4-FAST-imatrix-GGUF.

Complete · ↑607k ↓44.6k tokens · 46m 40s total

This model has no vision input, so it couldn't just look at a render and eyeball it. Instead it wrote its own generator script, rendered the SVG to a PNG with resvg-js, and sampled pixel colors at chosen coordinates with ImageMagick to numerically check the composition before calling it done.

Moonlit five-storey pagoda on a misty island beside cherry blossom trees, reflected in a still lake, generated as SVG by Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
1600×1000 viewBox · 311 KB · open full size ↗
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hy4-preview

Run through Marshall, routed via OpenRouter.

Moonlit pagoda beside cherry blossom trees, reflected in still water, generated as SVG by hy4-preview
1200×800 viewBox · 155 KB · open full size ↗
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GLM 5.3

Run through Marshall, routed via OpenRouter.

Complete · ↑10.3k ↓5,094 tokens (47 thinking) · ~162 tok/s · 48.6s total · 3.2s to first token · $0.0335

Moonlit pagoda beside cherry blossom trees with a reflecting pool, generated as SVG by GLM 5.3
960×640 viewBox · 13 KB · open full size ↗