[GitHub] [systemds] Baunsgaard commented on pull request #999: Notebook for SystemDS on colab for developers

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Baunsgaard commented on pull request #999:
URL: https://github.com/apache/systemds/pull/999#issuecomment-664232435


   >     1. Let us confine this notebook to engine developers only.
   
   I think that the engine developers should not be the ones such a notebook is directed at, but again it might just be my opinion.
   Again a matter of priority, if you think that this notebook is needed for engine developers then fine but in general the 'beginner' user should be taken more into account, therefore addressing such a guide for them would be great. 
   
   >     2. About
   > > what does the results mean? can we use them for anything?
   >
   > Let us take this in a visualization, `dml` developer focused notebook.
   
   I think that would be unnecessarily confusing and duplication of work elsewhere. The discussing results should be a necessary extension of executing anything. That said i might be the only one with that opinion, therefore if you think that discussion of results is not needed then fine.
   
   > Is this okay for you?
   > 
   >     1. If you still want this notebook to be removed of spark, happy to do that.
   
   Yes i think spark is an unnecessary addition in such a guide.
   Our system is able to leverage spark and make operations faster, but it is not limited to only run in cases where spark is installed. In this specific case where you want to guide people into using a system it should be easy to do and jump into the interesting parts as early as possible, not fight with setup, which in many cases deter users.


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