{"slug": "inkling-chat-bot-for-code-analysis", "title": "Inkling Chat Bot for Code Analysis", "summary": "Thinking Machines' new open-weights LLM Inkling, a nearly 1 trillion parameter model, successfully rewrote several Rust functions for a developer, who applied 2 or 3 of the optimized versions to their codebase. Each query cost about a cent and took a couple of minutes, and the developer found Inkling's responses good, though not particularly fast. The developer also tested Muse Spark and could not determine which model is better.", "body_md": "I have been experimenting more with various **chat bots** available on the Internet. **Inkling**, a new LLM from the American company Thinking Machines, is a higher-end LLM (although not really frontier). I tried having it rewrite a few **Rust functions**.\n\nIt reasoned through the statements and carefully designed faster versions. I liked how it gave me **several rewritten versions**: ones that use external libraries, ones that use just the standard library.\n\n• I ended up applying 2 or 3 of the rewritten functions to my code base.\n\n• Inkling wasn't particularly fast, but it was fairly cheap.\n\n• Inkling had good responses—it is a nearly 1 trillion parameter model, and is open weights, so potentially could be run locally.\n\nBasically my **prompt** is \"could this Rust function be written in a faster way\" followed by a paste of the function text. Each query takes like a cent and a couple minutes. I ended up with a few nice improvements. Inkling worked well, as did Muse Spark—I can't really say which is the better model.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/inkling-chat-bot-for-code-analysis", "canonical_source": "https://www.dotnetperls.com/2026_8_13_inkling-chat-bot-code-analysis", "published_at": "2026-08-13 07:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-13 21:16:32.494906+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "generative-ai", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Inkling", "Thinking Machines", "Muse Spark"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/inkling-chat-bot-for-code-analysis", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/inkling-chat-bot-for-code-analysis.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/inkling-chat-bot-for-code-analysis.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/inkling-chat-bot-for-code-analysis.jsonld"}}