# From Zero to GPU: A Guide to Building and Scaling Production-Ready CUDA Kernels

DevFeed: [From Zero to GPU: A Guide to Building and Scaling Production-Ready CUDA Kernels](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-zero-to-gpu-a-guide-to-building-and-scaling-production-ready-cuda-kernels-7303.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://huggingface.co/blog/kernel-builder>)

Author: David Holtz; Daniël de Kok

Published: 2025-08-18T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Hugging Face - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hugging-face-blog.md>)

Topics: [CUDA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cuda.md>), [GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gpu.md>), [PyTorch](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pytorch.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [build times](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/build-times.md>), [C++](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/c-plus-plus.md>)

Tags: [c-plus-plus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c-plus-plus.md>), [cuda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cuda.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecosystem.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [hub](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hub.md>), [kernels](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernels.md>), [kernels-community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernels-community.md>), [optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimization.md>), [pytorch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pytorch.md>)

## AI overview

A guide to building modern, production-ready CUDA kernels with Hugging Face Kernel Builder. It covers developing a custom RGB-to-grayscale kernel with PyTorch's C++ API, supporting multiple architectures, managing dependencies, and addressing production and deployment challenges.

## Source excerpt

We're on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.