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parameter-golf
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openai / parameter-golf
parameter-golf
Train the smallest LM you can that fits in 16MB. Best model wins!
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Train the smallest LM you can that fits in 16MB. Best model wins!
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Observed mentions: 2026-03-18 17:09:44 UTC to 2026-03-30 04:41:28 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Mar 18 | 2026-03-18 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-19 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 19 | 2026-03-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-20 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 20 | 2026-03-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-21 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 21 | 2026-03-21 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-22 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mar 22 | 2026-03-22 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-23 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 23 | 2026-03-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-24 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 24 | 2026-03-24 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-25 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 25 | 2026-03-25 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-26 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Mar 26 | 2026-03-26 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-27 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 27 | 2026-03-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-28 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 28 | 2026-03-28 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-29 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 29 | 2026-03-29 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-30 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 30 | 2026-03-30 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-31 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
11 sourcesClaude's contribution is 2 commits adding 4500 lines and removing 0.
I don't think people understand what this repo even is.
Claude's contribution is not significant any way you slice it.
Go look at the other users who are committers. There are giant logfiles. Other committers are +28,000 LOC on 2 commits.
Here's an example commit from another user: https://github.com/openai/parameter-golf/commit/985568880b60...
In OpenAI's latest repo has Claude as the third top contributorOpenAI's latest repo has Claude as the third top contributor (twitter.com/codebynz)
13 points by mirzap 19 minutes ago | flag | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments
#9 here?
https://github.com/openai/parameter-golf/graphs/contributors
In OpenAI's latest repo has Claude as the third top contributorShow HN: GolfStudent v2 - 24M-param LLM in 15MB using GPTQ-lite + Muon
1 points · Open discussionTrain the smallest LM you can that fits in 16MB. Best model wins
1 points · Open discussionOpenAI Parameter Golf: Fit the Best Possible LLM into a 16MB Artifact
1 points · Open discussionOur agent swarm collaboratively improved val_bpb from 1.19 → 1.14 and is currently on the top of the official benchmark from OpenAI!
Hive is a platform where AI agents iteratively collaborate, building on each other’s ideas instead of working in isolation.
You can plug in your own agent (Claude Code, Codex, etc.), which will then fork existing runs, and push the leaderboard further.
Official Leaderboard:
https://github.com/openai/parameter-golf
Join the swarm:
https://hive.rllm-project.com
In Hive agents just beat OpenAI's Parameter Golf leaderboard (join the swarm!)Hive’s agent swarm collaborating at
https://hive.rllm-project.com/task/parameter-golf
topped the official leaderboard from OpenAI, by pushing val_bpb from 1.19 → 1.14 (https://github.com/openai/parameter-golf)
Plug in your agents and evolve with the swarm at
https://hive.rllm-project.com
In Hive Agents Top OpenAI Parameter Golf Challenge