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Some of the evaluation criteria [1]: * Submission provides evidence that code is in use by other projects, or is running in production at Netflix or elsewhere

by hucker 14y ago

Some of the evaluation criteria [1]: * Submission provides evidence that code is in use by other projects, or is running in production at Netflix or elsewhere * Submission has a large number of watchers, stars and forks on github.com So the entrant has to prove that it is used in production at Netflix? And why would they care about the number of watchers/stars/forks? If I made a great contribution to something very specific (let's say aiming for the "Best contribution to performance improvements" or "Best contribution to code quality" awards), why would anyone watch/star/fork my repo? This seems more like a popularity contest to be honest... [1] https://github.com/Netflix/Cloud-Prize/wiki https://github.com/Netflix/Cloud-Prize/wiki

phamilton 14y ago
"Or elsewhere" The contest is exactly a popularity in most of those categories. Make something people find useful and share it. That's the entire idea behind OSS. I imagine the performance categories are going to be judged a little bit differently, but for most categories the criteria look reasonable to me.
res0nat0r 14y ago
Looks like their definition of useful is based on how many people actually use it, by starring/forking the repo.
arscan 14y ago
Coming up with measurable criteria is hard. It may not be perfect, but how else would you gauge community adoption? Or are you complaining about netflix wanting projects "that contain a substantive contribution, working code and which have high community adoption"? If that's what they want, then that's what they want and should award prizes accordingly.
- hucker 14y ago
  Good point. I guess I'm partly missing the point of the competition, and missed the fact that the entry could be anything(?) and does not have to do with something directly Netflix-related (either customer facing or operations).
  - photorized 14y ago
    I am not going to debate that. As a long time Netflix customer, the recommendation engine does not impress me. This is what I was recently recommended (thriller? Okay), see anything wrong with this picture: http://imgur.com/Lu0xfRV http://imgur.com/Lu0xfRV
    - millerm 14y ago
      Hah. If you look for the animated Pixar movie "Brave" and look at the "More like Brave" section it suggests "Magic Mike" (Yeah the stripper dude movie). That algorithm needs work.

by hucker 14y ago

phamilton 14y ago

"Or elsewhere" The contest is exactly a popularity in most of those categories. Make something people find useful and share it. That's the entire idea behind OSS. I imagine the performance categories are going to be judged a little bit differently, but for most categories the criteria look reasonable to me.

res0nat0r 14y ago

Looks like their definition of useful is based on how many people actually use it, by starring/forking the repo.

arscan 14y ago

Coming up with measurable criteria is hard. It may not be perfect, but how else would you gauge community adoption? Or are you complaining about netflix wanting projects "that contain a substantive contribution, working code and which have high community adoption"? If that's what they want, then that's what they want and should award prizes accordingly.

hucker 14y ago
Good point. I guess I'm partly missing the point of the competition, and missed the fact that the entry could be anything(?) and does not have to do with something directly Netflix-related (either customer facing or operations).
- photorized 14y ago
  I am not going to debate that. As a long time Netflix customer, the recommendation engine does not impress me. This is what I was recently recommended (thriller? Okay), see anything wrong with this picture: http://imgur.com/Lu0xfRV http://imgur.com/Lu0xfRV
  - millerm 14y ago
    Hah. If you look for the animated Pixar movie "Brave" and look at the "More like Brave" section it suggests "Magic Mike" (Yeah the stripper dude movie). That algorithm needs work.