An introduction to Gradience, a tool that quantifies whether a LoRA rank setting is excessive using singular value decomposition. In experiments on Mistral-7B, halving the rank improved accuracy.
Configuration for running a Qwen-Image-Layered LoRA that automatically separates facial parts on RunPod. Comparison of RTX 6000 Ada (48GB) and RTX PRO 6000 (96GB).
Step-by-step guide to building a LoRA training environment on Windows 11 with an RTX 3060 Laptop (6 GB VRAM) using kohya_ss — from caption writing to VRAM-saving settings.
Introducing a Mac mini M4 Pro to build an in-house RAG system. A plan for setting up a LoRA training environment during downtime while waiting for specs to be finalized.