@charles_irl: I didn't have wifi on my flight from SF to Seoul for ICML, so instead of coding, I wrote this article on my favorite an…
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Charles wrote an article explaining what Modal is while on a flight to ICML in Seoul.
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@charles_irl: https://x.com/charles_irl/status/2073975754833203706
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@charles_irl: Added a smol new section to last week's blog post on the technical internals of @modal's fast cold boots. This section …
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@charles_irl: When You were wrapping OpenAI, I studied 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕌𝔻𝔸 When you were having VC chats, I mastered 𝔗𝔥𝔢 ℑ𝔫𝔣𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔫�…
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@charles_irl: proud to build the machine that builds the machine that builds the bufo (https://modal.com)
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@charles_irl: modal sits on top of the GPU layer
Modal is a serverless platform that operates on top of the GPU layer, simplifying GPU access for developers.