Oliver Kennedy @okennedy@social.xthemage.net

Another major nit with Vizier 2.0 cleared. The table of contents artifact list now gives you per-artifact actions (e.g., scroll the workflow to the step that created the artifact). The issue tracker is still only at 41% completion, but it's actually more than usable at this point. I should set up a nightly build system.

Recent data exploration for work has also highlighted Vizier's main value proposition: Scala was pretty much the choice for building a ML pipeline, but I didn't think twice about tossing in a SQL cell for some ETL, or a Python cell for data vis in bokeh. It all just works seamlessly together.

On a bit of a whim, I just added support for SparkML pipelines into Vizier's Scala cells (an easy 1-2 hr of effort). It ended up highlighting a lot of the value of building research software to existing standards for data science software. A few years back we completely rewrote Mimir ("todo notes" dataset annotations) for Spark Logical Plans. Now, without any extra effort or intent, Mimir annotations propagate through SparkML pipelines as well!

@elb It's pretty clear that it's got a solid-state storage medium... what is that, borosilicate?

@elb Seems like a situation where spinning rust would be a very bad idea.

@elb Found a new way to keep kids off your lawn?

@kyle Thanks!

@kyle Nice write-up! Out of curiosity, what's the magnetic dock you mention in the article?

@niconiconi It's been well over a decade since I last lost the game... not since 2005!!! Now I'm losing it nearly every day. Thanks.

@elb I need something like this for my TODO lists too.

@jlcrawf @mobian Same here