Huggingface Transformers

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Seonglae ChoSeonglae Cho
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2023 May 3 17:8
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# GPU mapping model.hf_device_map
Huggingface Transformers Usages
 
 
Huggingface Transformers Addons
 
 
 
 

Standardize, Don’t Abstract

This explains the design principles (
Tenet
s) and recent engineering changes that make 1M+ Python LOC and 400+ model architectures "maintainable despite continuous additions." transformers aims to be the Source of Truth for each model implementation, prioritizing performance and reproducibility. Since users are mostly researchers/power users, code is the 'product' and must be easy to read, debug, and modify.
Standardize, Don't Abstract: only commonize infrastructure, keep model semantics inside model files. DRY*: deduplication isn't always good (
DRY Principle
* (DO Repeat Yourself). Strategic duplication is allowed for user readability and local semantics. The essence is: "Keep model seantics transparent in one file (for readability/hackability), while reducing maintenance burden through modular definitions and config-based composition."
 
 
 

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