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cazala
synaptic
JavaScript2014–2018
cazala / synaptic

synaptic

architecture-free neural network library for node.js and the browser

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What it is

architecture-free neural network library for node.js and the browser

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What people are saying

Fascinating. Many years ago, when I wanted to become a programmer and I didn't know anything about code, I used to fantasize and be amazed by programs. Code was like dark…

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year9 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2014-10-27 00:42:04 UTC to 2018-03-30 19:15:14 UTC.

012342014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20142015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20162017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2018

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20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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FullMtlAlcoholc·May 9, 2017
Because it is one of the most popular and accessible programming languages. It can act as a gateway language for the millions of devs out there to try out NN's without the barrier of learning another language. Here are some other neural networks in JS: https://github.com/harthur/brain: Neural Networks in JS https://github.com/stevenmiller888/mind: a flexible neural network library https://github.com/cazala/synaptic: an architecture-free neural network library for node.js and the browser Sllightly off topic, but the Machine Learning department of the University of Tokyo has built a whole set of libraries for machine learning in Javascript: http://mil-tokyo.github.io/miljs.html
In How to Create a Neural Network in JavaScript [video]

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