Show HN: Needle distilled Gemini tool calling into 26M parameters — technical read, zero hype

Show HN: Needle distilled Gemini tool calling into 26M parameters — technical read, zero hype I was in the middle of reviewing my Ollama pipeline when the HN post appeared: Needle, a 26M parameter model distilled from Gemini specifically for tool calling. My first reaction was skeptical. 26M sounds like a toy. Then I read more carefully and understood that the interesting point isn't the size — it's the problem they're actually attacking. Here's my technical read. No euphoria, no easy dismiss...