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A minimal hardcoded definition of the structure: probably a few hundred lines.

The actual definition, including reusable components, optional features, and flexibility for experimentation: probably a few thousand.

The code needed to train the model, including all the data pipelines and management, training framework, optimization tricks, etc.: tens of thousands.

The whole codebase, including experiments, training/inference monitoring, modules that didn't make it into the final architecture, unit tests, and all custom code written to support everything mentioned so far: hundreds of thousands.



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