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Comment · 9 years ago
there was a team at my work evaluating Fuse, some very vocal fans, but they ended up going with React Native
has anybody actually used Fuse for a real product? we could not find anyone to talk with about it and that was a deal breaker
Comment · 9 years ago
I tried out Stitch Fix expecting to return everything, wiling to eat the $20 fee. I have to say I am surprised with how well they have done, I have ended up keeping a fair amount of the stuff. Most impressive is how they can find pants that fit me.
Of course I've been wondering the entire time how their data operation works behind the scenes, so this post is really enlightening, cool graphics too... and only some minor scroll jacking.
Comment · 9 years ago
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Comment · 9 years ago
WebRTC seems like a really cool opportunity to rethink certain kinds of services. Video is an obvious candidate, I've also seen a bittorrent client that uses WebRTC. What are other interesting peer to peer applications that WebRTC could enable?
Comment · 9 years ago
This may be true now, but Simple (the consumer online bank) is currently in the process of shutting down.
Comment · 9 years ago
I also saw that triangle shaped plot and had the same thought. I read a great paper about this recently [0] with some of the same examples as the link in the parent, but going a little further in depth.
I originally got on this topic when reading Bayesian Methods for Hackers [1]. I am still hunting for a good method to correct/compensate for this when I am doing these types of comparisons in my own work.
[0] -http://faculty.cord.edu/andersod/MostDangerousEquation.pdf
[1] - https://github.com/CamDavidsonPilon/Probabilistic-Programmin...
Comment · 10 years ago
Hi, also would love an invite, thanks! (email in profile)
Comment · 11 years ago
I was using Baobab in production at my last job and really enjoyed it, part of the reason it went so well was Christian Alfoni's blog posts and contributions to the project.
I'm excited to check out cerebral!
Comment · 11 years ago
Yet another list of helpful data science resources:
https://github.com/okulbilisim/awesome-datascience
Also, the most useful single piece of info I have found regarding machine learning: http://scikit-learn.org/dev/tutorial/machine_learning_map/in...
Comment · 11 years ago
Boring has its place, and certainly can add a lot of value to a project. If everyones goals are aligned in creating a rock solid web site or app that never needs refactoring and has 100% legacy browser support, then boring is great.
Some of us are attracted to new technologies, and appreciate learning the lessons of what advantages or disadvantages come from building the same type of site or app with a different framework or technology stack. Especially those of us who aren't yet mature enough to write our own apps without the guidance of frameworks, and have not had a chance to work with all of the different possible approaches.
I think a healthy balance can be struck between the type of stability gained from the 'boring' approach, and the types of gains that can be realized from newer 'non-boring' technologies. Sometimes supporting IE6 is not a concern at all, and learning new language features from ES6 is an attractive proposition.
If doing front-end development were boring, I don't think I'd be as interested in doing it.
Comment · 11 years ago
Location: Seattle
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Possibly
Technologies: Javascript, Node, React, AngularJS, D3, Python, Java, Visualization, Machine Learning, Cell Biology, Biotechnology
Resume: http://resume.linkedinlabs.com/wxtyl985s
Email: nrobin24 at gmail
I earned a PhD doing biology research with automated microscopy and high throughput data analysis. I love visualization and building web apps that enable communication and collaboration.