# Strands Decider 2B

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/strands-decider-2b/

5 people recommended Strands Decider 2B in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

5 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Strands Decider 2B: a small, open-source, decision model”.

**Verdict:** A small open-source decision model that people run locally for filtering and automations. Critics note a bias toward the first option listed.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Runs locally on your own machine (3 comments in the sample): "This is a great model. I've been running it on device in chrome extension to filter things like email." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49987351)) "Looks really nice, I think I could use it on my Mac mini for some smaller automations" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49988229)) "it works okay inside a docker container with just CPU" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49988538))
- Useful for decisions and automations (1 comment in the sample): "Decision models though, I have lots of uses for at work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998808))

## What people warn about

- Bias toward the first option (1 comment in the sample): "it looks like there is a pretty big bias toward the first option listed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49991473))
- Slow on CPU-only hardware (1 comment in the sample): "Isnt that a bit slow for these?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49989466))

## Other decision models people recommend

- [Jev by Typesafe AI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jev/): 271 recommend, 79 mixed, 147 criticize
- [Laya](https://hackerapproved.com/p/laya/): 31 recommend, 10 mixed, 25 criticize
- [OpenJev](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openjev/): 14 recommend, 6 mixed, 22 criticize
- [Typesafe AI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/typesafe-ai/): 10 recommend, 6 mixed, 11 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Strands Decider 2B", https://hackerapproved.com/p/strands-decider-2b/ (5 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.