chore: track the metaltile to ffai-kernels rename + expand the acronym

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -45,19 +45,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: FFAI
 
-      - name: Checkout sibling metaltile
+      - name: Checkout sibling ffai-kernels
         # Pinned to `dev` for now because:
-        #   - thewafflehaus/metaltile main is behind upstream's CLI rework.
-        #   - upstream/metaltile main is a `gm` placeholder commit.
+        #   - thewafflehaus/ffai-kernels main is behind upstream's CLI rework.
+        #   - upstream/ffai-kernels main is a `gm` placeholder commit.
         #   - All the kernels FFAI's Ops.swift expects live on
-        #     thewafflehaus/metaltile dev (post the ek/std-kernels merge).
+        #     thewafflehaus/ffai-kernels dev (post the ek/std-kernels merge).
         # Move back to `main` once we sync our org's main from upstream's
-        # post-CLI-rework main, or cut a metaltile release tag and pin to it.
+        # post-CLI-rework main, or cut a ffai-kernels release tag and pin to it.
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
-          repository: thewafflehaus/metaltile
+          repository: thewafflehaus/ffai-kernels
           ref: dev
-          path: metaltile
+          path: ffai-kernels
 
       - name: Show toolchain
         run: |
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           toolchain: stable
 
-      - name: Cache cargo registry + metaltile build
+      - name: Cache cargo registry + ffai-kernels build
         uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cargo/registry
             ~/.cargo/git
-            ${{ github.workspace }}/metaltile/target
-          key: cargo-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('metaltile/Cargo.lock', 'metaltile/Cargo.toml') }}
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/ffai-kernels/target
+          key: cargo-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('ffai-kernels/Cargo.lock', 'ffai-kernels/Cargo.toml') }}
           restore-keys: |
             cargo-${{ runner.os }}-
 
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ jobs:
         run: swift package resolve
 
       - name: Generate kernel artifacts (tile build --emit all)
-        # Compiles metaltile and produces kernels.metallib + manifest.json
+        # Compiles ffai-kernels and produces kernels.metallib + manifest.json
         # + Generated/MetalTileKernels.swift into FFAI/Sources/MetalTileSwift/.
         # Once the `tile` binary ships via Homebrew this no longer needs
-        # the sibling metaltile checkout. Run from metaltile/ so its
+        # the sibling ffai-kernels checkout. Run from ffai-kernels/ so its
         # rust-toolchain.toml (nightly, 2024 edition) is picked up.
-        working-directory: metaltile
-        # `tile build` spawns the `__tile_runner` subprocess (a metaltile-std
+        working-directory: ffai-kernels
+        # `tile build` spawns the `__tile_runner` subprocess (a ffai-kernels-std
         # bin) for kernel discovery, resolved by bare name via PATH. Build both
         # binaries and put target/release on PATH so the spawn resolves —
         # `cargo run --bin tile` alone never builds the sibling runner.

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ jobs:
         # `make format-check` runs swift-format with --recursive .
         # which will trip on `Sources/MetalTileSwift/Generated/MetalTileKernels.swift`.
         # That file is normally regenerated by `tile build --emit` (sibling
-        # metaltile repo), which would prepend `// swift-format-ignore-file`.
-        # CI doesn't run the metaltile codegen — much faster to drop an
+        # ffai-kernels repo), which would prepend `// swift-format-ignore-file`.
+        # CI doesn't run the ffai-kernels codegen — much faster to drop an
         # empty stub with the directive so the lint pass skips it.
         run: |
           mkdir -p Sources/MetalTileSwift/Generated

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ jobs:
           path: FFAI
           fetch-depth: 0   # full history so the release job can do tag math
 
-      - name: Checkout sibling metaltile
+      - name: Checkout sibling ffai-kernels
         # Pinned to `dev`; see ci.yml for why. Bump to `main` (or a
         # release tag) when upstream stabilizes.
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
-          repository: thewafflehaus/metaltile
+          repository: thewafflehaus/ffai-kernels
           ref: dev
-          path: metaltile
+          path: ffai-kernels
 
       - name: Show toolchain
         run: |
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           toolchain: stable
 
-      - name: Cache cargo registry + metaltile build
+      - name: Cache cargo registry + ffai-kernels build
         uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cargo/registry
             ~/.cargo/git
-            ${{ github.workspace }}/metaltile/target
-          key: cargo-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('metaltile/Cargo.lock', 'metaltile/Cargo.toml') }}
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/ffai-kernels/target
+          key: cargo-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('ffai-kernels/Cargo.lock', 'ffai-kernels/Cargo.toml') }}
           restore-keys: cargo-${{ runner.os }}-
 
       - name: Cache SwiftPM build artifacts
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ jobs:
         run: swift package resolve
 
       - name: Generate kernel artifacts (tile build --emit all)
-        working-directory: metaltile
-        # Build `__tile_runner` (metaltile-std bin) alongside `tile` and put it
+        working-directory: ffai-kernels
+        # Build `__tile_runner` (ffai-kernels-std bin) alongside `tile` and put it
         # on PATH — `tile build` spawns it by bare name and `cargo run --bin
         # tile` never builds the sibling runner.
         run: |

.github/workflows/rust.yml

@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ jobs:
           key: rust-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('rust/Cargo.lock') }}
           restore-keys: rust-${{ runner.os }}-
 
-      - name: Sync metaltile to dev tip
-        # The metaltile crates are a `branch = "dev"` git dependency, which
+      - name: Sync ffai-kernels to dev tip
+        # The ffai-kernels crates are a `branch = "dev"` git dependency, which
         # Cargo.lock pins to a specific rev. Re-resolve just those crates so
         # CI tracks the live dev branch (the rest of the lock stays put), and
-        # picks up kernel fixes the moment they land on metaltile dev.
-        run: cargo update -p metaltile-core -p metaltile-codegen -p metaltile-runtime -p metaltile-std
+        # picks up kernel fixes the moment they land on ffai-kernels dev.
+        run: cargo update -p ffai-kernels-core -p ffai-kernels-codegen -p ffai-kernels-runtime -p ffai-kernels-std
 
       - name: Build workspace (default = metal backend)
         run: cargo build --workspace

.gitignore

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Package.resolved
 
 # Generated kernel artifacts (regenerated on every build by SPM plugin).
 # Ignore everything in Generated/ except .gitkeep so the directory
-# survives a fresh clone before metaltile-emit runs.
+# survives a fresh clone before ffai-kernels-emit runs.
 Sources/MetalTileSwift/Resources/kernels.metallib
 Sources/MetalTileSwift/Resources/manifest.json
 Sources/MetalTileSwift/Resources/kernels/

Package.swift

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // swift-tools-version: 6.1
 //
-// FFAI — F*cking Fast Apple Inference
+// FFAI — F*cking Fast AI
 //
 // Apple Silicon LLM inference library built on pre-compiled Metal kernels
 // generated from the metaltile Rust DSL.

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # FFAI
 
-**F*cking Fast Apple Inference.**
+**F*cking Fast AI.**
 
 A minimal, dependency-light LLM inference library for Apple Silicon, built on pre-compiled Metal kernels generated from the [metaltile](https://github.com/thewafflehaus/metaltile) DSL. No Python. No MLX. No C compilation. No JIT. No four-repo dependency chain.
 

Sources/FFAI/FFAI.swift

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 //
-// FFAI — F*cking Fast Apple Inference
+// FFAI — F*cking Fast AI
 //
 // See planning/plan.md and planning/architecture.md.
 

Sources/FFAICLI/FFAIRoot.swift

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import Foundation
 struct FFAIRoot: AsyncParsableCommand {
     static let configuration = CommandConfiguration(
         commandName: "ffai",
-        abstract: "F*cking Fast Apple Inference — Apple Silicon LLM CLI.",
+        abstract: "F*cking Fast AI — Apple Silicon LLM CLI.",
         // `--version` is auto-wired by swift-argument-parser when this is
         // non-empty; it prints the string + exits 0 before any subcommand
         // dispatches. Sourced from `FFAI.version` so there's one source of