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base_model: bigcode/starcoder2-3b
tags:
- text-generation-inference
- transformers
- unsloth
- starcoder2
license: bigcode-openrail-m
language:
- en
---

# Lovelace-1-3B

*A code-focused large language model for reliable, scalable software reasoning*

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## Overview

**Lovelace-1-3B** is a 3-billion parameter coding-centric language model built on top of the
[`bigcode/starcoder2-3b`](https://huggingface.co/bigcode/starcoder2-3b) foundation model.

It is designed as the first release in the **Lovelace** family: a line of models focused on **practical code generation, reasoning, and tooling**, with an emphasis on long-term scalability, research cleanliness, and deployment stability.

Lovelace is developed with a research-first mindset: prioritising architectural soundness, future extensibility, and real-world usability over short-term leaderboard optimisation.

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## Model Family

| Model          | Parameters | Status      |
| -------------- | ---------- | ----------- |
| Lovelace-1-3B  | 3B         | ✅ Available |
| Lovelace-1-7B  | 7B         | ✅ Available |
| Lovelace-1-15B | 15B        | 🚧 Planned  |

All models in the Lovelace family share a consistent design philosophy and are intended to be drop-in compatible with the **Lovelace Code** runtime and tooling stack.

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## Design Philosophy

Lovelace is guided by three core principles:

1. **Engineering realism**
   The model is expected to recognise infeasible requests, surface constraints clearly, and propose workable alternatives rather than hallucinating solutions.

2. **Scalability over spectacle**
   Training and design decisions prioritise long-term scale (larger models, longer contexts, multimodality) rather than short-term benchmark gains.

3. **Tool-aligned coding intelligence**
   Lovelace is designed to function as part of a broader coding system — not as an isolated chatbot.

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## Lovelace Code Library

The model is intended to be used alongside **Lovelace Code**, a companion library that provides:

* Structured prompt interfaces for coding tasks
* Execution-aware request handling
* Support for long-running and multi-step code generation
* Guardrails against unrealistic or non-computable requests

> Ongoing work focuses on improving **stability for long requests**, including multi-file generation, extended reasoning chains, and iterative refinement workflows.

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## Capabilities

While formal benchmarks are not yet published, Lovelace-1-3B is trained and evaluated internally for:

* Code generation and completion
* Code explanation and refactoring
* Debugging and error analysis
* API and library usage reasoning
* High-level system design discussion

The model is particularly tuned to **respond sensibly under uncertainty**, favouring correctness and clarity over speculative output.

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## Current Limitations

* No public benchmark suite released yet
* Context length stability for very long requests is still under active development
* Vision-language capabilities are **not yet supported**

These limitations are explicitly acknowledged and form part of the near-term roadmap.

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## Roadmap

Planned future work includes:

*  Improved long-context stability in Lovelace Code
*  Release of the **Lovelace-1-15B** model
*  Vision support (code + visual inputs)
*  Transparent evaluation and benchmark reporting
*  Deeper tool and execution integration

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## Intended Use

Lovelace is designed for:

* Research and experimentation in code-focused LLMs
* Developer tooling and agentic coding systems
* Education and structured programming assistance

It is **not** intended for safety-critical systems without further evaluation.

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## Acknowledgements

Lovelace-1-3B is based on the excellent work of the BigCode project, specifically
[`starcoder2-3b`](https://huggingface.co/bigcode/starcoder2-3b).

The project is inspired by modern research-grade model releases, including OpenAI’s open-weight efforts and contemporary large-scale coding systems.

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## Licence

Please refer to the underlying base model and repository for licensing details.
Additional terms may apply to the Lovelace Code library.