2 Model Serving & Deployment

Classical ML/DL Practitioner Curriculum · 4:10

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[Verse 1]
When your model's trained and ready to go live
Two paths diverge in the serving divide
Batch inference waits, processes in chunks
Real-time responds when the API call comes
Trade latency for throughput, choose your design
Milliseconds matter when users are online

[Chorus]
Serialize, containerize, optimize the flow
ONNX, TorchScript, formats that you know
Docker wraps it tight, Kubernetes scales high
Triton serves it fast when the traffic flies by
Model serving magic, deployment done right
From training to production, bringing models to light

[Verse 2]
Save your weights in formats that persist
ONNX cross-platform, can't be missed
TorchScript compiles your PyTorch brain
SavedModel format keeps TensorFlow's chain
Pickle files and checkpoints, choose your way
Serialization matters for deployment day

[Chorus]
Serialize, containerize, optimize the flow
ONNX, TorchScript, formats that you know
Docker wraps it tight, Kubernetes scales high
Triton serves it fast when the traffic flies by
Model serving magic, deployment done right
From training to production, bringing models to light

[Bridge]
A-B testing splits the traffic clean
Shadow deployments lurk unseen
Canary rollouts, small percent
Gradual changes, risks prevent
Test your models safely first
Before full deployment burst

[Verse 3]
Latency budgets keep you on track
Quantize those weights, eight bits back
Pruning cuts the neurons spare
Distillation makes models share
Compress and optimize, speed up the call
Performance matters most of all

[Final Chorus]
Serialize, containerize, optimize the flow
ONNX, TorchScript, formats that you know
Docker wraps it tight, Kubernetes scales high
Triton serves it fast when the traffic flies by
A-B test and canary, shadow deploy with care
Model serving mastery, intelligence everywhere

[Outro]
From batch to real-time, the choice is yours
Serving models right opens up new doors

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