Apple: Embarrassingly Simple Self-Distillation Improves Code Generation | Hacker News

A paper introduces SSD (self-distillation) as a simple technique to improve code generation.

The paper characterizes code as alternating 'fork' positions and 'lock' positions with different decoding needs.

SSD improves token ranking so models explore at forks and be precise at locks, reducing the precision–exploration conflict.

A commenter describes this effect as a form of context-aware decoding and highlights continued learning about LLM behaviors.