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Oct. 22, 2026

Episode 197: 800 Bugs w/ DeepSeek + Local Model Hacks

Episode 197: 800 Bugs w/ DeepSeek + Local Model Hacks
Episode 197: 800 Bugs w/ DeepSeek + Local Model Hacks
Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast
Episode 197: 800 Bugs w/ DeepSeek + Local Model Hacks

Episode 197: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joseph, Brandyn, and Ads serve up some tips on how they’re using local AI Models and optimizing their hardware.


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====== Resources ======


Using Replay Pipelines

https://docs.caido.io/app/guides/replay_test_race_conditions.html


Smashing the token limit with overlapping fragments

https://portswigger.net/research/smashing-the-token-limit


Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-FP4-Local

https://huggingface.co/nvidia/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-FP4-Local


Prompt Rewriting Tweet

https://x.com/cgtwts/status/2110571916973207906


Muse Spark Open

https://huggingface.co/collections/meta-models/muse-spark-open


Stealth Bench

https://stealthbench.com/


DreadIndex

https://dreadnode.io/research/dreadindex/


Obliterated

https://huggingface.co/OBLITERATUS/feyospace-s1-obliterated


DeepSeek-v4-Flash-DSpark-2x-DGX-Spark

https://github.com/MiaAI-Lab/DeepSeek-v4-Flash-DSpark-2x-DGX-Spark


====== Timestamps ======

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:04:00) Bugs found with Deepseek

(00:18:15) Caido Race Conditions & Pipeline Session

(00:23:47) Free models in OpenCode, Reset months, and Overlapping Fragments

(00:29:54) Local Models & Hardware Optimization

(00:46:53) Verifiers & Reflections Agents

(00:58:16) Ohmypi, Herdr and other Harnesses

(01:09:20) Muse Spark Open & Stealth Bench, & DreadIndex

(01:18:35) Keeping agents from fighting