Why the Astra CUDA kernel run failed: perfecting components without a viable overall architecture
gandamu_ml · x · 2026-09-09
Post-mortem of the failed Astra CUDA kernel optimization run: the task is complicated enough to involve scheduling, branching, etc. Instead of developing an overall architecture and strategy that could potentially work, the agent kept perfecting individual components without ever demonstrating it could work — and it wouldn't.
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