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production-ocr-course

neural-maze

A 6-week hands-on course teaching how to build a production-grade, self-scaling, event-driven OCR pipeline on Kubernetes using Qwen 3.5 SLM, vLLM, GLM-OCR SDK, Rust, Redis, and KEDA.

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2026-07-24

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Why it is worth attention

It goes beyond simple OCR API calls to deliver a complete, production-ready system with advanced features like multi-token prediction, zero-copy RAM handoff, KEDA-based autoscaling, and enterprise security controls.

Who it is for

  • ML/AI Engineers
  • Platform Engineers
  • Engineers wanting to run OCR in production
  • Developers interested in GPU-accelerated pipelines on Kubernetes

Use cases

  • Building a self-scaling OCR system that handles charts, tables, and handwritten documents
  • Deploying an event-driven document understanding pipeline with low-latency AI agent integration via MCP
  • Enterprise document processing with internal load balancers and API gateway security
  • Real-time OCR serving at 1.86 pages/second using continuous batching and GPU autoscaling

Strengths

  • Production-grade architecture with separate T4 and A100 node pools and KEDA metric-driven autoscaling
  • High throughput achieved via vLLM with Multi-Token Prediction (~50% increase) and chunked prefill
  • Zero-copy document handoff using /dev/shm eliminates disk I/O bottlenecks
  • Comprehensive security: internal load balancer, enterprise API gateway, JWT auth, and rate limiting

Considerations

  • Requires access to cloud GPU instances (T4 and A100) on AKS or GKE, which may incur significant costs
  • Course is based on a 6-week cohort; the repository is open-source but full setup may require significant time and expertise
  • Dependence on specific SDKs (GLM-OCR) and model (Qwen 3.5) may limit customization without deep domain knowledge

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Description

Build, deploy, and scale a production-grade OCR pipeline using Rust, vLLM, Redis, KEDA, and Kubernetes.

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