Field notes from people shipping adapters
Practical run logs, evaluation methods, build reports, and postmortems from LoRADock contributors.
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44 articlesComparing Two Ticket-Triage Adapters on the Same 500 Requests
A practical LoRADock community note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for comparing two ticket-triage adapters on the same 500 requests.
Fine-Tuning Qwen2.5-7B on 18,000 Support Tickets
A repeatable workflow for preparing, training, and evaluating a Qwen support-routing adapter while keeping labels, privacy checks, and release decisions explicit.
My Weekend Product-Photography LoRA Setup
A practical LoRADock note on concrete inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for my weekend product-photography lora setup.
Cleaning Product Catalog Data Without Losing Rare Attributes
A practical LoRADock community note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for cleaning product catalog data without losing rare attributes.
Training an SDXL LoRA for Consistent Ceramic Packshots
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for training an sdxl lora for consistent ceramic packshots.
Serving Four LoRA Adapters from One Base Model
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for serving four lora adapters from one base model.
What Changed When I Increased LoRA Rank from 8 to 32
A controlled comparison of rank 8, 16, and 32 for instruction tuning, with capacity calculations, evaluation rules, and a release decision.
Teaching Mistral 7B to Normalize Messy Invoice Lines
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for teaching mistral 7b to normalize messy invoice lines.
How We Version Adapters That Share a Base Model
A practical LoRADock note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for how we version adapters that share a base model.
Building a Useful Image Dataset from Inconsistent Studio Photos
A practical LoRADock community note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for building a useful image dataset from inconsistent studio photos.
The Adapter Passed Every Test and Still Failed in Production
A practical LoRADock note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for the adapter passed every test and still failed in production.
Why Training Loss Did Not Predict Production Quality
A practical LoRADock community note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for why training loss did not predict production quality.
A Lightweight Field-Service Assistant for Offline Laptops
A practical LoRADock note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for a lightweight field-service assistant for offline laptops.
Controlling Camera Height Across Product Generations
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for controlling camera height across product generations.
Safetensors or GGUF: What Worked Better on My Small Server
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for safetensors or gguf: what worked better on my small server.
A Three-GPU LoRA Run That Was Slower Than One GPU
A diagnostic workflow for distributed LoRA training that separates data loading, synchronization, compute, and checkpoint costs before adding more devices.
Building a Qwen Adapter for Product Taxonomy Mapping
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for building a qwen adapter for product taxonomy mapping.
How I Detect Duplicate Samples Before Training
A practical LoRADock community note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for how i detect duplicate samples before training.
Migrating a Team from Shared Folders to LoRADock
A practical LoRADock note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for migrating a team from shared folders to loradock.
A Small Regression Suite for Text-to-Image LoRAs
A practical LoRADock community note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for a small regression suite for text-to-image loras.
How Duplicate Samples Destroyed Style Diversity
A practical LoRADock note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for how duplicate samples destroyed style diversity.
Reducing Cold-Start Time for Frequently Swapped Adapters
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for reducing cold-start time for frequently swapped adapters.
Training a Map-Symbol Adapter from Public-Domain Sources
A practical LoRADock note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for training a map-symbol adapter from public-domain sources.
FLUX LoRA Experiments with Laboratory Instruments
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for flux lora experiments with laboratory instruments.
Fine-Tuning Gemma 2 for Internal Policy Questions
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for fine-tuning gemma 2 for internal policy questions.
Converting Customer Conversations into Safe Training Examples
A practical LoRADock community note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for converting customer conversations into safe training examples.
A Release Checklist for Community Adapters
A practical LoRADock note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for a release checklist for community adapters.
Measuring Structured JSON Reliability Without an LLM Judge
A practical LoRADock community note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for measuring structured json reliability without an llm judge.
A Rank-64 Experiment That Added Size but No Quality
A practical LoRADock note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for a rank-64 experiment that added size but no quality.
My Default LoRA Configuration for Small Instruction Datasets
A conservative starting configuration for small instruction datasets, including parameter failure signals, tuning order, and registry documentation for repeatable LoRA runs.
Improving SQL Generation with Schema-Aware Examples
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for improving sql generation with schema-aware examples.
Building a Bilingual Operations Adapter with Limited Data
A practical LoRADock note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for building a bilingual operations adapter with limited data.
Preserving Material Texture in Small Image Datasets
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for preserving material texture in small image datasets.
Verifying Downloaded Weights in CI
A practical LoRADock note on concrete inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for verifying downloaded weights in ci.
A Practical JSONL Schema for Multi-Turn Instruction Tuning
A practical LoRADock community note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for a practical jsonl schema for multi-turn instruction tuning.
Running a Quantized Text Adapter on a 16 GB Machine
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for running a quantized text adapter on a 16 gb machine.
Debugging NaN Loss After 40 Minutes of Training
A practical LoRADock note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for debugging nan loss after 40 minutes of training.
Human Review Notes from 1,000 Generated Product Descriptions
A practical LoRADock community note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for human review notes from 1,000 generated product descriptions.
Making Support Summaries Shorter Without Losing Actions
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for making support summaries shorter without losing actions.
From Spreadsheet Labels to a Product Classification Adapter
A practical LoRADock note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for from spreadsheet labels to a product classification adapter.
Why My Architectural LoRA Kept Inventing Extra Windows
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for why my architectural lora kept inventing extra windows.
Organizing Private and Public Artifacts in One Registry
A practical LoRADock note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for organizing private and public artifacts in one registry.
Tracking Memory Use During Concurrent Generation Requests
A practical LoRADock note covering inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release criteria for tracking memory use during concurrent generation requests.
What We Learned from Publishing the Wrong Adapter Version
A practical LoRADock note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for what we learned from publishing the wrong adapter version.