Josh Wills defines the data loader, jokes fly as DatologyAI ships new 'Zephon' loader
josh_wills · x · 2026-10-08
Veteran engineer Josh Wills offers a definition: the data loader is the part of your training stack that is "too ML-y for the systems folks and too systems-y for the ML folks" — the work he loves best. He and his team at DatologyAI built a new one called Zephon, and he lists his three favorite things about it.
A friend amplified the news with a running joke, calling Wills his "1000x Engineer" and "throughput whisperer," noting he put H100 in his name before it was cool.
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