PyTorch feels slow and laggy
2 posts from 2 people2d activeFading, +0 this weekunverified
Posts per day
The posts behind it
[inductor] pin_memory lost across GraphPickler breaks subprocess FxCompile
### 🐛 Bug Description `torch.compile` constructors with `pin_memory=True` silently return pageable (non-pinned) tensors when compiled via Inductor's out-of-process (subprocess) `FxCompile` under a cold cache. Concretely, `test_constructors_pin_memory_*_cpu` in...
Deepity: A C++ library showing Predictive Coding Networks can match Backprop (97.73% on MNIST in 60s) [P]
...and testing its capabilities in continual learning scenarios where standard backprop struggles.. If you are interested in local learning, alternative credit assignment, or HPC for ML, I'd love your feedback!. GitHub: https://github.com/ra4ster/deepity . Project Site:...
Companies and products named
About this problem
Evidence
2 posts from 2 people in 2 places, about 1 a week over 15 days. Mostly on r/MachineLearning, pytorch/pytorch. Tools named alongside: NVIDIA, GitHub.
Frustration Frustration 0 of 3· Seen on Reddit, GitHub issues
How it was grouped
Posts that state a pain and match the "slow-tool" rule about PyTorch. First post Sep 2, 2026, latest Sep 16, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method
The same problem elsewhere
Everyday tools feel slow and laggy
25 posts from 25 people on Reddit, GitHub issues, Hacker News.
GitHub Copilot feels slow and laggy
9 posts from 9 people on Reddit, GitHub issues, Hacker News.
PostgreSQL feels slow and laggy
5 posts from 5 people on Mastodon, Reddit, GitHub issues.
Claude feels slow and laggy
4 posts from 4 people on Hacker News, Reddit, GitHub issues.
Grok feels slow and laggy
3 posts from 3 people on Community forums.
SQL Server feels slow and laggy
3 posts from 3 people on Reddit, GitHub issues.
VS Code feels slow and laggy
3 posts from 3 people on GitHub issues.
OpenAI feels slow and laggy
3 posts from 3 people on GitHub issues.
AWS feels slow and laggy
3 posts from 3 people on Reddit, Mastodon.
ChatGPT feels slow and laggy
3 posts from 3 people on Reddit, Hacker News.
Microsoft Teams feels slow and laggy
2 posts from 2 people on App Store reviews. Unverified.
Ollama feels slow and laggy
2 posts from 2 people on GitHub issues, Reddit. Unverified.
Other PyTorch problems
PyTorch GPU access and drivers are painful
14 posts from 14 people on GitHub issues.
PyTorch upgrades break working setups
26 posts from 21 people on GitHub issues, Reddit.
PyTorch users keep filing bugs
Top post: "Meta-issue: torch.compile gaps found via the CPython test suite", one of 46 posts from 37 people on GitHub issues, Reddit.
Trouble with PyTorch values
Top post: "How can I sum elements of a tensor based on a condition of one out of two values in its index pair into a new", one of 3 posts from 3 people on GitHub issues, Stack Overflow.
Trouble with PyTorch causing
Top post: "PyVista plotting running slowly, resetting box size and causing collisions", one of 3 posts from 3 people on GitHub issues, Stack Overflow.
PyTorch deprecations force unplanned migrations
8 posts from 5 people on GitHub issues.
Trouble with PyTorch true
Top post: "PaddleOCR-VL: position embedding interpolation changed from align_corners=False to True", one of 9 posts from 6 people on GitHub issues.
Trouble with PyTorch inductor
Top post: "`[Inductor][CPU] torch.var returns NaN for large-magnitude constant float64 inputs while eager returns 0`", one of 12 posts from 9 people on GitHub issues.
PyTorch builds are slow or flaky
9 posts from 1 person on GitHub issues. Unverified.
Trouble with PyTorch input
Top post: "Generation crashes with encoder_repetition_penalty when encoder_outputs are provided without input_ids", one of 6 posts from 6 people on GitHub issues.
Running PyTorch locally hits memory and speed limits
5 posts from 5 people on GitHub issues, Hacker News.
PyTorch lock-in makes switching costly
4 posts from 4 people on GitHub issues.
History