Reddit user jonromero reports significantly improved performance from Qwen after removing its safety guardrails, noting enhanced capabilities in complex tool calling and reduced hallucination compared to previous local model tests on a Mac Mini with 32GB RAM. The user had previously found all small local models inadequate for their custom harness requiring complicated operations, but the recent Heretic2 release by user -p-e-w- prompted 24 hours of testing. Preliminary test numbers are promised in an update.