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Show HN: I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work

🤖💻 "Tiny LLM Unveils Language Model Mysteries"

This tiny 9M parameter LLM, built from scratch with a vanilla transformer and 130 lines of PyTorch, demystifies language models by training on 60K synthetic conversations in just 5 minutes on a free Colab T4, allowing users to fork and customize the personality.

2:05 am, April 6, 2026

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47655408

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https://github.com/arman-bd/guppylm

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armanified

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title: Show HN: I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work
additional: 🤖💻 "Tiny LLM Unveils Language Model Mysteries"

This tiny 9M parameter LLM, built from scratch with a vanilla transformer and 130 lines of PyTorch, demystifies language models by training on 60K synthetic conversations in just 5 minutes on a free Colab T4, allowing users to fork and customize the personality.
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