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LoRA on a 16 GB card: what fits and what does not

A 7B model is the honest ceiling for LoRA fine-tuning on a 16 GB consumer card, not because anything bigger throws an error, but because a 14B model silently spills into system memory and runs 50…

• 7B parameters is max model size for LoRA on 16GB card
• 14B model exceeds VRAM limit, causing 50x slowdown
• Windows allocates system memory, causing hidden performance penalties

1h ago ·dev.to

I built a free WCAG 2.2 checker that's honest about what automated scans miss

Agencies get asked "is our site accessible?" all the time. Most answers are either vague ("we follow WCAG") or a five-figure manual audit.

• A11yKeeper offers free WCAG 2.2 scanning with three scans daily
• Tool detects ~57% of issues automatically, highlights need for human verification
• Agencies can brand reports, 50% discount for subscribers with recurring checks

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Why I pre-register a kill-gate for every experiment

A kill-gate is a threshold written down before an experiment runs: if the result crosses it, the idea dies. The writing down happens first, because after the numbers arrive, every threshold becomes…

• Kill-gates set thresholds before experiments to prevent bias.
• Model abandoned when recall for English names fell below 0.90.
• Ensemble performed better for surnames, achieving 0.970 recall.

1h ago ·dev.to

How Silicon Valley billionaires raised $333M+ to try to defeat a 5% California wealth tax; Patrick Collison's $33M is his most serious campaign engagement yet (New York Times)

Every Tuesday for the last few months, two dozen of the world's richest people or their advisers hop onto a conference call and plan for war.

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