I recently built out training and inference at a FinTech (for fraud and risk) using Elixir and tried this very approach…
We’re now using Python for training and forking Ortex (ONNX) for inference.
The ecosystem just isn’t there, especially for training. It’s a little better for inference but still has significant gaps. I will eventually have time to push contributions upstream but Python has so much momentum behind it.
Livebooks are amazing though and a better experience than anything a Python offers sans libraries.
We’re now using Python for training and forking Ortex (ONNX) for inference.
The ecosystem just isn’t there, especially for training. It’s a little better for inference but still has significant gaps. I will eventually have time to push contributions upstream but Python has so much momentum behind it.
Livebooks are amazing though and a better experience than anything a Python offers sans libraries.