Tensorflow I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down · Nate Harada

Tensorflow's meteoric rise to the top of the deep learning world is, while unsurprising, pretty damn impressive. With almost 60k stars on Github (the only reasonable measure of software popularity), Tensorflow is far out in front of nearest competitor Caffe, with its paltry 18k. The framework has a lot going for it: Python, great tools like Tensorboard, Python, Google's knowledge of distributed systems, Python, and popularity that all but guarantees future relevance. But while Tensorflow is a wonderful framework, the decisions (or lack thereof) being made by the Tensorflow product team are making it increasingly difficult for external developers to adopt. In my eyes, Tensorflow's public face has grown without proper direction, and is threatening to alienate developers and allow competing frameworks to take over.