#Deepseek — Kunal Ganglani

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DeepSeek Banned From US Federal Agencies: The DHS Order

A DHS order made public on Oct 19, 2026 bans DeepSeek from every federal civilian agency. Here's what the order actually says, the open-weights gray zone, and how to audit your own stack for foreign AI model dependencies.

DeepSeek Coder vs Llama 3 for Coding in 2026: Which Wins?

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DeepSeek Coder vs Llama 3 for Coding: Which to Run Locally

DeepSeek Coder wins for pure coding on a single GPU, with far higher HumanEval scores than Llama 3 8B and leaner hardware needs; Llama 3 wins for general-purpose projects needing broad reasoning, long context (3.1 and later) and a mature ecosystem.

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