# \#mooncake

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## [Good practices regarding automatic differentiation in a Gaussian process implementation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/good-practices-regarding-automatic-differentiation-in-a-gaussian-process-implementation/135990)

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**Author:** [@Nikos\_Gianniotis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nikos_Gianniotis)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/good-practices-regarding-automatic-differentiation-in-a-gaussian-process-implementation/135990 "2026-03-05T08:48:10Z")

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(Related to Large memory consumption when using Mooncake via DifferentiationInterface for Gaussian process optimisation) I’m starting this thread to discuss good practices for using Mooncake.jl via DifferentiationInterf…

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## [ChainRules error when using Mooncake in Optimization.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chainrules-error-when-using-mooncake-in-optimization-jl/134240)

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**Author:** [@slwu89](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/slwu89)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chainrules-error-when-using-mooncake-in-optimization-jl/134240 "2025-11-30T19:10:28Z")

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Hi all, I am testing out using the SciML ecosystem to fit constrained splines inside of an ODE (some terms on the RHS of the ODE are given by evaluating a spline where the point of evaluation on the domain of the spline …

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## [Mooncake, Turing, and CI](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mooncake-turing-and-ci/134067)

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**Author:** [@marcobonici](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/marcobonici)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mooncake-turing-and-ci/134067 "2025-11-24T11:20:45Z")

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Hello, I finally am switching to DifferentiationInterface for the tests of a package of mine and I don’t think I could be happier! It lets me quickly write tests in a coherent manner, to try different backends. Amazing…