The article discusses the evolution of model inference techniques from 2017 to a projected 2025, highlighting the progression from simple frameworks like Flask and FastAPI to more advanced solutions like Triton Inference Server and vLLM. It details the increasing demands on inference infrastructure driven by larger and more complex models, and the need for optimization in areas like throughput, latency, and cost.
This is a hands-on guide with Python example code that walks through the deployment of an ML-based search API using a simple 3-step approach. The article provides a deployment strategy applicable to most machine learning solutions, and the example code is available on GitHub.
