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-## NEWS
-[Dec 2020 - Read about how Facebook uses Lightning to standardize deep learning across research and production teams](https://ai.facebook.com/blog/reengineering-facebook-ais-deep-learning-platforms-for-interoperability)
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 ## PyTorch Lightning is just organized PyTorch
 Lightning disentangles PyTorch code to decouple the science from the engineering.
 ![PT to PL](docs/source/_static/images/general/pl_quick_start_full_compressed.gif)