Ollama: Legacy Compatibility and Developer Experience Wins
Jeffrey Morgan delivered two solid improvements to Ollama today, tackling both backward compatibility and developer workflow enhancements. The main highlight is a compatibility fix for the qwen3-next model that resolves legacy projection issues, plus a thoughtful config update for the OpenCode feature that sets proper defaults.
Duration: PT4M2S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from Ollama.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Ollama
- Published: 2026-03-30T10:00:58Z
- Audio duration: PT4M2S
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Hey there, code crafters! Welcome back to another episode of the Ollama podcast. I'm your host, and wow, do I have some satisfying updates to share with you today - March 30th, 2026. You know those days when everything just clicks into place? That's exactly what we're seeing in today's git activity.
Let's dive right into the main story, because Jeffrey Morgan has been absolutely crushing it with two merged pull requests that show some serious attention to detail and user experience.
First up, we've got PR 15133, and this one's a perfect example of why I love following open source development. Jeffrey tackled a compatibility issue with the qwen3-next model - specifically around legacy SSM input projections. Now, I know that sounds technical, but here's the beautiful part: this was directly…
The changes span three files in the qwen3-next model directory, with 47 additions and just 7 deletions. What I love about this is the surgical precision - they didn't just throw code at the problem. The bulk of the work happened in the deltanet.go file with 21 thoughtful additions, plus a small but important tweak…
The second PR, number 15127, is smaller but equally important for the developer…
Both…