Tri Dao to kernel critics: don't fat shame my kernels
tri_dao · x · 2026-10-21
Amid a GPU kernel optimization thread involving Dylan Patel, Mark Saroufim and Tri Dao, someone teased Tri Dao's kernels as "fat." The FlashAttention author quipped back: "Don't fat shame my kernels" — a lighthearted AI-community moment.
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