We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own
1–10 of 52 posts
Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own
#2> WASM-based dimension reduction viz
> Implement a dimension reduction algorithm in Rust and compile to WASM and integrate the WASM code with Qdrant Web UI.
Easy, just use a Rust crate to fit a PCA (https://crates.io/crates/pca), then at runtime do a matmul between the fitted matrix and the embeddings to get it reduced. :P
Speaking of which, there's a surprising spike in downloads for that crate on the date this blog post was made.
It's not as simple in practice, and even popular dimensionality reduction techniques like UMAP require you to reference the original dataset which is infeasible for large datasets. The hacky approach that would be good for production use (maybe not "just want to visualize 2D embeddings because they look cool") would be to train a small Parametric UMAP model (with likely a non-Rust implementation: https://umap-learn.readthedocs.io/en/latest/parametric_umap....), then convert the trained model to ONNX for WASM.
Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own
#3In general it seems that organizations that are accepted to the GSoC program are no-profit like associations, that develop a product for the sake of developing it, probably there are also exceptions.
Anyway, it seems that qdrant is more a for-profit organization. So maybe that was the one of the criteria that was taken into account to exclude it?
My understanding might be wrong/incomplete, please let me know if that's not the case.
Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own
#4Who would spend even a minute for a unknown company called 'Qdrant' ?
They would develop for Google because Google would give an additional value to their CV.
Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own
#5What's with the hashtags inside a normal blog post? It's not like they're writing this on Twitter or anything, and the hashtags aren't clickable, so I wouldn't expect this to serve as SEO. I would guess one of two things: (1) they plan to post the same content to social media or (2) they've decided that people search hashtags in their search engines in general.
I'd be interested if anybody has more insights into this.
Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own
#6Who would spend even a minute for a unknown company called 'Qdrant' ? They would develop for Google because Google would give an additional value to their CV.
They recently raised a Series A: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39101682
Additionally, the product that this Summer of Code is for is open-source so it's a win-win for everyone.
Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own
#7I also applied with Glicol (https://glicol.org/) and got rejected. I guess the main reason is that the project is not as mature as others. I am basically working this project on my own with almost zero extra funding. There are so many places I want to change.
I am currently working on a new website. The old stack is Vite, Svelte and Windi CSS (discontinued unfortunately). So this time maybe Astro + Solid + Tailwind.
And I am also trying to rewrite the whole Rust backend if possible, so there is quite some work to be done. What I want to change most is to make the dsp algorithm of each node clear and easy to understand and contribute to. And I also hope that the entire rust project can have complete bench and test, as well as ci, and get rid of the proc macro.
Generally speaking, what I actually care about is how to compose music, and the new possibilities that live coding brings to improvisation and composition. There is also network cooperation, real-time or non-real-time cooperation, and cooperation with AI. What possibilities can these bring?
Let me know on GH or Discord if you are interested.
It's a good chance to try Rust, WASM, DSP, etc.
Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own
#8> WASM-based dimension reduction viz > Implement a dimension reduction algorithm in Rust and compile to WASM and integrate the WASM code with Qdrant Web UI. Easy, just use a Rust crate to fit a PCA ( https://crates.io/crates/pca ), then at runtime do a matmul between the fitted matrix and the embeddings to get it reduced. :P Speaking of which, there's a surprising spike in downloads for that crate on the date this bl…
“Easy, just…” lol I do like the joke (and I appreciate you pointing out that in reality things aren’t necessarily _that_ simple), but as I understand it these programs (internships?) are targeted mostly at young folk/undergrads who are still learning the core skills, in which case projects that are conceptually easy but require you learn the skills to actually implement the conceptually easy task within the confines of real world constraints feels reasonably appropriate?
I could be wrong, because it’s not really a field I do anything in but based on what you said it’s sounds about right for a first “real project” task an intern would do at a big tech summer internship (this is as someone who has helped summer interns over the years, but never did one myself so it’s based on seeing what tasks are given to someone in their first ever internship vs people who have interned previously)
Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own
#9Who would spend even a minute for a unknown company called 'Qdrant' ? They would develop for Google because Google would give an additional value to their CV.
Yeah I think you’d take the GSoC so you could have qdrant and gsoc on your cv, but also many folk do need a job to pay bills, and even an “unknown” company paying bills and being experience on your CV is better than Walmart (in my case The Warehouse)
[edit: s/Qurans/qdrant, sigh autocarrot]
Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own
#10Who would spend even a minute for a unknown company called 'Qdrant' ? They would develop for Google because Google would give an additional value to their CV.
Yeah I think you’d take the GSoC so you could have qdrant and gsoc on your cv, but also many folk do need a job to pay bills, and even an “unknown” company paying bills and being experience on your CV is better than Walmart (in my case The Warehouse) [edit: s/Qurans/qdrant, sigh autocarrot]
How much are they paying? It is $current_year and at some point we should demand that all job postings (this is a job posting) should come with salary ranges at a minimum.
Are they even compliant with the law with this post?