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 "id": "chenglou-handwired--train-the-frozen-weights",
 "repo": "chenglou/handwired",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/chenglou/handwired",
 "repo_slug": "chenglou-handwired",
 "title": "Unfreeze hand-written weights and train them",
 "page_title": "How to unfreeze hand-written weights and train them with Handwired",
 "summary": "Try the README's ideas: unfreeze a program's weights, or attach a frozen program to a neural net.",
 "who": "An ML tinkerer who likes odd experiments.",
 "problem": "Normal nets start random, while Handwired starts from exact weights written by hand.",
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  "Run the demos with bun start",
  "Read docs/ and template/ to see how a program is expressed",
  "Unfreeze the weights and train them, which the README calls an experiment to find out what it does",
  "Or attach a specific frozen program to a generic neural net and train end to end"
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  "codex"
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 "difficulty": "Advanced",
 "time": "2 hours",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README presents these as fun experiments, so expect rough edges.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
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  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "Bun to run the demos locally",
  "A browser for the live demos; WebGPU is optional"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.8,
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