minigrad – a minimal, educational autograd library (~100 loc in Python)
A minimal implementation of autograd (in pure Python) 🍰 - kennysong/minigrad
minigrad – a minimal, educational autograd library (~100 loc in Python) launched on May 29, 2020 with 5 votes, #1,437 of 4,813 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.
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