Experiment · browser product

Browser learning-rate default drift

Reference defaults are part of correctness, not just documentation. Retained outcome: worked with caveat.

Outcome
worked with caveat
Family
browser product
Evidence confidence
exact
Record
infrastructure

Evidence readout

browser default LR was `3e-3` while Python reference used `3e-4`; training plateaued around loss `2.45` until the browser default was changed

What the attempt taught

Reference defaults are part of correctness, not just documentation.

Why it stopped or stayed bounded

Reference/kernel parity tests covered math drift but not hyperparameter default drift.

Method and scope

  • Experiment family: browser product.
  • Record kind: infrastructure.

Disposition

Add or keep a config-default parity check whenever browser and reference paths share a training story.

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