Not specifically about ML, but a good paper about unnecessary complexity introduced by a premature 'scalabilitization': The COST of a given platform for a gi

Not specifically about ML, but a good paper about unnecessary complexity introduced by a premature 'scalabilitization': The COST of a given platform for a given problem is the hardware configuration required before the platform outperforms a competent single-threaded implementation. Or “You can have a second computer once you’ve shown you know how to use the first one.” –Paul Barham https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/hotos15/hotos15-paper-mcsherry.pdf https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/hotos15/hotos...