Episode 197: 800 Bugs w/ DeepSeek + Local Model Hacks

Episode 197: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joseph, Brandyn, and Ads serve up some tips on how they’re using local AI Models and optimizing their hardware.

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====== Resources ======

Using Replay Pipelines
docs.caido.io/app/guides/replay_test_race_cond…

Smashing the token limit with overlapping fragments
portswigger.net/research/smashing-the-token-li…

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-FP4-Local
huggingface.co/nvidia/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-FP4-L…

Prompt Rewriting Tweet
x.com/cgtwts/status/2110571916973207906

Muse Spark Open
huggingface.co/collections/meta-models/muse-sp…

Stealth Bench
stealthbench.com

DreadIndex
dreadnode.io/research/dreadindex

Obliterated
huggingface.co/OBLITERATUS/feyospace-s1-oblite…

DeepSeek-v4-Flash-DSpark-2x-DGX-Spark
github.com/MiaAI-Lab/DeepSeek-v4-Flash-DSpark-…

====== Timestamps ======
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:04:00) Bugs found with Deepseek
(00:18:15) Caido Race Conditions & Pipeline Session
(00:23:47) Free models in OpenCode, Reset months, and Overlapping Fragments
(00:29:54) Local Models & Hardware Optimization
(00:46:53) Verifiers & Reflections Agents
(00:58:16) Ohmypi, Herdr and other Harnesses
(01:09:20) Muse Spark Open & Stealth Bench, & DreadIndex
(01:18:35) Keeping agents from fighting