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Running the models on laptops overnight? They know desktops and servers exist right?
by PeterStuer 3y ago
Running the models on laptops overnight? They know desktops and servers exist right?
- choppaface 3y agoBut when you have to be your own IT / devops... and when maybe all you know is R, some stats, and how to admin a laptop... The head of finance may have burned most of the opex budget and devops bandwidth on the Vertica and/or other DB service(s) they were using.
- avidiax 3y agoUber, at that time, was "scrappy". Every operating city was a different market with different rules, so Uber was akin to a franchiser that gave their market managers wide leeway to setup whatever business processes are needed to succeed in that market. Excel is the easiest way for business-oriented people to make numerical decisions, run incentive campaigns, segment riders and drivers, produce reports required by cities, counties, states, etc. The data teams providing market intelligence to the various markets, of course, knew about servers. But they would not have the time or skill to setup something like this, and the business still had daily data needs. So the laptops it was, for a time.
- PeterStuer 3y agoA laptop is basically a desktop with sustained performance thrown out the window in favor of sleek portability.