Preface
Like many people of my generation, I’ve always been addicted to the latest online trends. Around 2005, I remember endlessly refreshing FARK, YTMND, and Delicious for entertainment and news. Now, I shuffle between Reddit and Hacker News, which led me to witness TensorFlow’s ceremonious debut on November 9, 2015. The post appeared at the top of the front page on Hacker News and received hundreds of comments—that energy overshadowed anything else on the website.
At that time, machine-learning tools were already fragmented into a zoo of libraries; the ecosystem relied on experimental software packages from academic labs and proprietary solutions from industry giants. When Google revealed TensorFlow, the community’s responses were mixed. ...
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