The Turing Post: DeepSeek is having its Linux moment
A video argues DeepSeek mirrors Linux's open-infrastructure playbook: DeepInfer built on vLLM, open 3FS for training data and KV caches, Huawei Ascend tuning, and developers able to run V4.1 Flash themselves.
It seems that DeepSeek is having its Linux moment As Linux grew, companies like IBM helped develop it while making money from the products and services around it. My husband, @wschenk, kept bringing up Linux, and the more I looked into DeepSeek, the more DeepSeek-Linux comparison made sense. Today @deepseek_ai builds DeepInfer (the software behind its inference service) on vLLM, and vLLM uses DeepSeek’s code in return. Its open 3FS handles training data and KV caches, and developers can run and adapt DeepSeek models like V4.1 Flash themselves. Then, moves like tuning its software for Huawei’s Ascend chips help both sides: Huawei gets more useful hardware, and DeepSeek gets another platform for models. But why would a company share so much of the infrastructure that helps it compete? And where does competition move? In this episode, I follow those connections to understand what DeepSeek is trying to achieve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU9UW1p-uKI