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Three Models Doctrine

Home inference does not need one perfect machine. It needs a small fleet of imperfect machines with clear roles. My current doctrine is built around three models of compute. The first model is cheap VRAM: a Tesla P40 with 24GB. It is old, passive, loud, and power-hungry, but it still

Chronicles of a modern witch-hunt: history of public allegations from one of Rutube’s top brass

There was a heated debate last week in the Russian IT community. The headliner was Maxim Ulyanov, the head of a department in Rutube, Russia’s infamous YouTube clone. Maxim publicly accused two people of being “wolves” (a self-designation for people who embellish their CVs adding more experience than they