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Wow this was really useful. I was feeling guilty for not trying Jupyter, after using Python for 15 years and doing data science for much of that time.

I hear so many good things about it. I wrote this comment about it:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16979057

But ANY of those four is is a dealbreaker for me. I want to use languages other than Python, with remote kernels, and I want version control. And I like my text editor to be really fast.

I think it comes down to a scientific background vs. a software background. I've memorized a boatload of tools and weird shell incantations, but the result is that I have a more solid workflow than Jupyter provides. Solid in the sense that it is likely to produce reliable results, not that it's "easier".

But if you don't have that software engineering background then I understand that Jupyter makes a whole bunch of things easier. It's not optimal in my view, but it's easier.




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