The documentation for flashlight focuses heavily on low level customizability and rapid rebuilding. My suspicion is that pytorch is fundamentally not designed a

The documentation for flashlight focuses heavily on low level customizability and rapid rebuilding. My suspicion is that pytorch is fundamentally not designed around rapid iteration of the core model code. Flashlight targets a different use case. As far as Facebook engineering resources are concerned, I believe facebook takes the approach that supporting open source high visibility projects is itself a recruiting draw for pulling talented engineers into their umbrella.