Chris Vela

Chris Vela is a forward deployed engineer at Runpod.

September 8, 2026

How to get started with Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on Runpod Serverless

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next needs vLLM 0.29, so the Hub's one-click path won't serve it yet. Here are the validated flags, hardware math, and cold-start numbers for running it on Runpod.

Learn AI

Cut your vLLM cold starts from 5 minutes to 90 seconds on Runpod Serverless

Chris Vela

August 20, 2026

Cut your vLLM cold starts from 5 minutes to 90 seconds on Runpod Serverless

vLLM cold start optimization on Runpod Serverless: compile cache, weight prefetch, CUDA graph config

AI Workloads

Poddy mascot displayed as a retro TV with static, indicating no results found

We couldn't find anything. Try a different search.

Build what’s next.

Build, train, and scale AI workloads on Runpod with cloud GPUs, Serverless, and Clusters.

Get started