Building linfer: A Rust-Based LLM Inference Engine
Why Build Another Inference Engine? When I started working with large language models locally, I quickly ran into the usual suspects: slow inference times, memory bloat, and dependency hell. Most existing solutions are either too heavyweight (PyTorch with CUDA) or too opinionated about model formats. So I built linfer — a Rust-based local LLM inference engine that’s 3x faster than comparable solutions for CPU inference. The Core Problem Running LLMs locally on CPU is painful: ...