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Still not open-source it looks like [2]. I'm not willing to create an account right now. Can someone who has an account post what the pricing looks like if any?

• colesantiago 3y ago
  I'm not willing to make an account either, I'm too scared what Modular will do with my data for privacy reasons, especially seeing that giant Google sign in button. Hopefully, someone will and sign up so that we know Modular intends to do with our data once they collect it.
  • rdedev 3y ago
    I bit the bullet. After singing in via google, its just a page with instructions on installing the Mojo SDK. Nothing about pricing but on their FAQ section they do talk about the telemetry data they collect and how to disable it https://docs.modular.com/mojo/faq.html#does-the-mojo-sdk-collect-telemetry https://docs.modular.com/mojo/faq.html#does-the-mojo-sdk-col...
  • phlipski 3y ago
    With all due respect - scared of what? I'm genuinely curious what you're worried about. Can you give me some real world examples of a possible negative repercussion from signing up? I haven't signed up. I don't have an account, just been a curious lurker for the Mojo thing over the past couple of months.
  • jackclayton 3y ago
    Hi, thanks for your interest! You can opt out of telemetry if you like. Please see the FAQ here: https://docs.modular.com/mojo/faq.html#does-the-mojo-sdk-collect-telemetry https://docs.modular.com/mojo/faq.html#does-the-mojo-sdk-col... For open sourcing, we also have a section in our FAQ: https://docs.modular.com/mojo/faq.html#open-source https://docs.modular.com/mojo/faq.html#open-source, and we answered a question about that in the latest livestream! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQh9es5gfpo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQh9es5gfpo For the question on pricing, the Mojo SDK is free to use. Disclaimer: I work for Modular
    • iruoy 3y ago
      Soo maybe some "core" "parts" might be open sourced some time. Hard pass.
    • DiffProg 3y ago
      0:16 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQh9es5gfpo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQh9es5gfpo, says "we'll be open sourcing documentation"... by the end of the year. Documentation? It will have taken a full year to open source documentation. Congrats.
      • CoreyFieldens 3y ago
        That's disingenuous. They are also open sourcing the standard library by the end of the year.
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• barryrandall 3y ago
  Python is slow, but it's not "invest time building software with a closed source language from a new company" slow.
  • satvikpendem 3y ago
    Yeah, and I assume in the future Python will get its own JIT or AOT compiler, if people really demand it. Most Python for scientific programming is just a higher level glue code for the C++ underneath.
    • Tommah 3y ago
      Python already has JIT compilers (PyPy and Numba).
  • mathisfun123 3y ago
    I really do wonder who they're targeting as a paying customer. What dev/team is all of these things 1. Getting paid to work on ML to such an extent that perf is important (enough) 2. Comfortable leaving the warm confines of python and a huge ecosystem 3. Willing to learn a brand new, closed source, beta maturity language 4. Does inference on CPU 5. Willing to run their inference pipeline behind some FaaS layer because that's how I'm assuming modular plans to make money? The alternative is an honest to goodness licensed compiler and that seems even more farfetched (though I guess not beyond the realm of possibility). What I wouldn't give to be in the room when they're pitching VCs because they've managed to raise a lot of money for what looks like a TAM of like 5 people.
    • capitalsigma 3y ago
      It seems like they're targeting AI chip start ups with the promise of a compiler framework that can integrate with a custom backend
      • mathisfun123 3y ago
        that doesn't jive at all with "closed source" and "walled garden" and "remote sdk".
• s3v 3y ago
  Make your own account. And pricing? What are you talking about?