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Field notes from people shipping adapters

Practical run logs, evaluation methods, build reports, and postmortems from LoRADock contributors.

Results for “reproducibility”

6 articles
Failures & Postmortems 5 min

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.

Failures & Postmortems 5 min

How Duplicate Samples Destroyed Style Diversity

A practical LoRADock note on inputs, validation, tradeoffs, and release decisions for how duplicate samples destroyed style diversity.

Failures & Postmortems 4 min

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.

Training Logs 5 min

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.

Failures & Postmortems 5 min

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.

Failures & Postmortems 4 min

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.