Flashlight

Package currently in development, you can use it, but it's hard for now

project not related to similarly named flashlight. The name was coincidental and chosen independently.

Already done

• Neural network structure
• forward propagation
• cost
• backpropagation, but still in dev
• normalizing input when using input handler(create InputPrePrepared(name will change), append input and output data, set bach size, generate input handler, run backprop with baches from input handler)

To do

• cleaner code
• relu instead of sigmoid on hidden
• easier usage
• f64 and f128 support
• saving and loading the model

I wanted to be able to publish a pseudo finished version after version 0.0.10, but it will propably need to wait. Will try to publish V0.1.0 in like 3 months, because for the next month I wont have much time for this, and I want to also work on some games.

Dependencies

• flashlight_tensor
• rand

Why the name "Flashlight"

Before I decided on the name, I wanted to use some mythology reference, because I assumed that the "Torch" library based its name on Prometheus myth, but it didn't click.

Some time after that, I thought to myself "Why base the name on some mythical meaning of stuff, when I can refer to them literally.", and that's when I came up with three name ideas for project: "Lamp", "Bulb" and "Flashlight", and well... I decided on "Flashlight" because It sounded the goofiest of them all.

Sure, I could've tried to justify it with something like, "Flashlight is written in Rust and Torch is written In C, so Flashlight is safer, like how flashlights are safer than torches..." but I would be lying if I did. I decided on that name because it was funny, and I didn’t think it would actually fit the project — but here we are.

I hope you had a good time reading this short personal story. I just rly wanted to include that in the readme, so deal with it.

P.S. I literally have no idea what I'm doing here. I just thought one day, "Creating neural network from scratch while learning new language is a great idea". I dont even know how all math is working. I understand the concept, and try to deal with it.

Patch notes

• 0.0.9
  • Input handler
  • Input normalization