The Unsloth appreciation post. BIG thanks to Daniel and Michael! Thanks from the community to you guys for so much!
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The Unsloth team, particularly Daniel and Michael, is being celebrated by the developer community for their dedication to open-source AI. Amid concerns about the future of other platforms, Unsloth is praised for consistently supporting smaller developers and freely sharing their work. Daniel is specifically recognized for his continuous efforts in pushing PRs for new architecture support, including managing large n-gram structures. The community expresses immense gratitude and respect for their ongoing contributions to the local AI scene.
With HF being bought out and its future feeling a little iffy, I got to thinking about the teams that have constantly looked out for the little guys and stayed true to their open-source roots. There are great developers who share their work freely, and the local AI scene is incredible for it—one user once described it as "having Xmas every day," and that stuck with me.
Unsloth in particular has worked tirelessly to bring high-quality quants to lower-end GPUs, super-fast GGUFs for everyone to test, and every time I see Daniel or Michael post, they're always humble and helpful.
The last few days must have been non-stop for them with all the latest model drops. Daniel was right there pushing PRs for new architecture support (including keeping huge n-gram structures streaming properly from disk from day one).
Huge respect to u/danielhanchen and u/yoracale. Keep up the most epic work!