Modular Goes Open Source, Lattner Fires Back at Anti-tinygrad Critique

After Modular's full open-source release, a developer observed that Mojo/MAX's design is essentially anti-tinygrad; founder Chris Lattner countered that Modular is the only viable path and tinygrad-style approaches have never scaled.

2026-08-22 ~ 2026-08-22 · 2 related posts

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