Interactive Log Visualizer:Compare training runs, BPB, and quantization impact

[5en5e1]

Hey everyone!

I was spending way too much time manually digging through .txt logs to compare my experimental runs for the challenge, so I built a tool to make it instant.

I’m sharing it here in case it helps speed up anyone else's workflow! It’s a completely client-side dashboard—just drag and drop your log files (or a whole folder) and it instantly plots everything. Your data never leaves your browser.

Live tool: farcas.dev/golf
GitHub Repo: 5en5e1/parameter-golf-visualizer

Key Features

• Multi-run comparison: Easily toggle different runs on and off to compare them against the official baseline (which is permanently pinned in red).
• Val BPB & Loss curves: Zoomable charts to see exactly where your model converges.
• Quantization impact view: Immediately see pre-quant vs post-quant BPB to identify how much you are losing to the INT8+zlib roundtrip.
• Efficiency frontier (Params vs BPB): A scatter plot to see which architectures get the most out of their parameter budget.
• 16MB Budget checks: The comparison table automatically flags artifact sizes and peak VRAM.

Note: It works out-of-the-box as long as you haven't modified the default print statements in the official baseline training code!

Would love to hear if you find this useful, or if there are any other specific metrics you'd want to see plotted. Happy golfing! ⛳