A tiny diffusion model, a mobile device, and a surprising amount of magic — here’s how I built a pocket-sized photobooth that can whisk real people into new worlds in under 30 seconds.
This post unpacks how quantization, ANE-optimized kernels, and smart schedulers shrink a 6GB diffusion model into a fast, mobile-ready package.
How I chased a diffusion model small enough for the iPhone, fast enough for real use, and resilient enough to avoid corruption—unpacking what works, what doesn’t, and why.