WIP: ModelCache design doc + examples#76

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Commits on May 13, 2026

Add ModelCache design doc and example yamls

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Hyperlinks, pluggable-backends principle, Mermaid flow diagrams, Bytes example

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Self-contained design doc; coherency pass on examples

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DRA is v0.1, not v0.2 — clarify capability-matching scope

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Drop slop / fluff from doc and example headers; cleanup diagrams

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Add cache invalidation, status, and unified substrate detail

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Cleanup pass: cold-start pipeline diagram, tighten Problem and decisions

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BYO storage scenarios; v0.1 OCI source; v0.2 GC delegation; tag→digest resolution

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Coherency pass: fix errors, remove ambiguity, normalize backticks

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Three packaging patterns + locality routing tie-in

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Flag v0.2 → v0.1 ModelCache pull-in; coherency tweaks

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Coherency sweep: backtick backend names, fix example 09 missing fields

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NIM coverage: three sub-modes, v0.2 Engine kind extends to NIM profiles, example 11

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NIM future-proofing: Operator coexistence, status.nimProfile, nimCatalog source

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Layout/language cleanup: split status header, fix diagram arrow direction

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Scope open questions to v0.1; drop pure-roadmap v0.3 timing question

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Note intent-based serving as future consumer of cache-family signals

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Rename v0.2 LoraAdapter -> Adapter (subsumes ControlNet/IP-Adapter/etc); add Coverage note

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Spacing consistency: Dragonfly+OCI -> Dragonfly + OCI

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Commits on May 14, 2026

Apply MECE tightening to design taxonomies

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Trim MECE jargon to honest discriminator-axis notes

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Reflect three MECE-redo findings in the doc

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Fold packaging + commercial framing into the doc

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Surface OSS vs commercial substrate in v0.2 examples

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Move content-addressed examples into their own subdir

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Commits on May 15, 2026

Document cloud-agnostic CSI capability declaration
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Drop unnecessary MECE label from csiDrivers decision
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Frame v0.1 as the minimum primitive that unblocks multi-node LWS

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