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The era of open source - Github, PyTorch, Kafka - Episode 20

In this episode, we cover 3 major announcements in the world of open-source:
1. Github makes it all free and lives to its mission - "Every developer on Earth should have access to Github. Price shouldn't be a barrier". 
2. Exciting PyTorch 1.5 release including PyTorch Serve, PyTorch Elastic, Full parity C++ APIs and more. A treat for all deep learning users.
3. Confluent, a company founded by Apache Kafka developers, raises 250$ MM funding and kicks of project Metamorphosis to take the streaming platform to the next level.

References:

  1. https://github.blog/2020-04-14-github-is-now-free-for-teams/
  2. https://www.confluent.io/press-release/confluent-series-e-round-project-metamorphosis/
  3. https://pytorch.org/blog/pytorch-1-dot-5-released-with-new-and-updated-apis/

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