I was wondering why pytorch flash lightning has been archived? I couldn’t find any information on this on the website or in the readme. Has it been merged into other lightning parts or what is recommended going forward?
Hey @bartonp2
The project stopped being maintained and eventually was archived. There was not enough traction from the community, and several of the maintainers left to work on other projects. Ultimately, it fell behind, didn’t support the latest version of Lightning, and we didn’t have anyone in the community who could carry it forward.
It’s still great to hear that you find it useful. Sorry that it didn’t work out. Personally I believe it was very cool and ambitious what the project did. It was great while it lasted.
I don’t have a good answer to “what is recommended going forward”, because there is no real replacement for Flash. But the good news is that everything you could do in Flash can still be done in pure Lightning. So if you like a particular task from there, it shouldn’t be too hard to take a few of the pieces and port it to LightningModule/Trainer in your own project.
1 Like