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Developer debugs memory deadlock between editor and local AI model
A developer running FLUX image generation on a 16GB M4 Mac found safety mechanisms killing the process when memory dropped below 50%. The culprit was the 7GB model weights, not output resolution. Switching from 4-bit to 3-bit quantization allowed generation to complete with the editor open.
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The real lesson is that memory pressure from resident AI models can create workflow deadlocks that simple safety guards don't solve.
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