My Journey to PyTorch

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Starts as a user of NumPy-like PyTorch in 2017, moves from debugging a custom segmentation loss to landing a merged improvement to torch.split feature, then joins NVIDIA to support GPU users. Reports specific community impact: 20,000 forum posts and a forum with 3 million visitors per month. Notes practical ecosystem progress: domain libraries (HuggingFace, PyTorch Geometric), TorchScript and mobile backends, and uses forum feedback to prioritize performance and usability tradeoffs.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:25Ecosystem Day overview
3. 1:43Piotr's journey to PyTorch
4. 5:55PyTorch growth and features
5. 7:25Future and closing

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