Qwen3-VL New Models Comparison and Performance on Mac Mini M4

I run and compare newest Qwen3-VL models in Sparrow. Qwen3-VL models run fast and provide good accuracy. 

 

Ollama Support in Sparrow and Update to Latest MLX

I explain whats new in Sparrow and what was updated in the recent version.

 

Ollama vs MLX Inference Speed on Mac Mini M4 Pro 64GB

MLX runs faster on first inference, but thanks to model caching or other optimizations by Ollama, second and next inference runs faster on Ollama. 

 

Advanced Structured Data Processing in Sparrow

I added instruction and validation functionality into Sparrow. This allows to process business logic with document data directly through Sparrow query. For example, it allows to check if given fields are present in the document.

 

My Experience with PyCharm AI Assistant

Explaining my experience with PyCharm AI Assistant. Showing example how code changes can be reviewed one by one, before they are accepted into your codebase.

 

Financial Table Structure Analysis with Computer Vision

Explaining new functionality I'm implementing in Sparrow to pre-process tables with grid structure. This greatly improves table data extraction by Vision LLMs. 

 

PaddleOCR 3.1 Setup in FastAPI

I explain how to run PaddleOCR 3.1 from FastAPI app.