A complete GPT language model in ~600 lines of C#, zero dependencies
evo_9
20 points
4 comments
April 09, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
throwa356262
I have a soft spot for 0-dependency projects. Feels like the old times when every other project didn't look like a supply chain attack waiting to happen.
metaltyphoon
Curious… why not a single app.cs instead of slnx + csproj boilerplate? The moment you `dotnet app.cs` it will be a cached and fast to start
gabrielsroka
> Faithful port of Andrej Karpathy's microgpt.py.