1. Model release& design
Quote: “Qwen/Qwen3.6‑35B‑A3B is intended as a superior replacement of Qwen/Qwen3.5‑27B.” — adrian_b
2. Open‑weight & censorship
Quote: “A relief to see the Qwen team still publishing open weights, after the kneecapping and departures of Junyang Lin and others!” — bertili
3. Running locally (hardware & quantisation)
Quote: “The 35B model can be run at home with the weights stored on an SSD (or on 2 SSDs, for double throughput).” — adrian_b
4. Performance & benchmark comparisons
Quote: “Despite its efficiency, Qwen3.6‑35B‑A3B delivers outstanding agentic coding performance, surpassing its predecessor Qwen3.5‑35B‑A3B by a wide margin and rivaling much larger dense models such as Qwen3.5‑27B.” — adrian_b
5. Community outlook & future expectations Quote: “This is just one model in the Qwen 3.6 series. They will most likely release the other small sizes … the flagship 397 B size seems to have been excluded.” — zozbot234
These five themes capture the main points discussed: the new model’s positioning, the value of open‑weight releases amid recent setbacks, practical local‑inference considerations, head‑to‑head performance claims, and the community’s optimism (and speculation) about upcoming sizes.