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Hi HN! We launched a private version of Banyan to a few of you here months ago. Since then, our team has been hard at work trying to make Banyan the future of
by twog 13y ago
Hi HN!
We launched a private version of Banyan to a few of you here months ago. Since then, our team has been hard at work trying to make Banyan the future of open science. Todays launch is just the start.
We know we have alot of work to do. Over the next few months we plan to tackle science, reproducibility, and make existing tools more awesome through our API.
I want to be as transparent as possible. Im happy to answer any questions you might have.
- killahpriest 13y agoCongrats! Unfortunately, your server isn't handling the load and the google cache is a SASS error. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:knsEMz3EwecJ:https://banyan.co/+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:knsEMz3... Got something more descriptive you can link to?
- tel 13y agoHi twog, The blog appears to be down, but as an individual very interested in open science could you explain a bit more about the use-case Banyan targets? I imagine this is very focused on things like analysis or computational biology where the primary iterative factor is measured in lines of code changed. Do you see this tool being used by adjacent sciences? Life sciences, human subject research, materials?
- twog 13y agoAbsolutely. Our first target was initially bioinformatics, but we are moving into supporting all sciences. Our goal is to make sharing, collaborating & publishing research as simple as possible. We are huge fans of git, and we want to leverage git to enhance every part of science. For us, that means integrations or improvements with existing tools like latex, ipython, etc. I believe that open science hasnt taken off because there is no platform for it, no tool makes it easy/simple for the user, and the user isnt incentivized [1]. [1] Programmers apply for jobs now with their github/bitbucket profiles & there open source contributions. Why not provide scientists the same option?
- VLM 13y ago"Our first target was initially bioinformatics" Have you ever heard of the AAVSO? American Association of Variable Star Observers? It strikes me that you need a critical mass in the field you target and a small group to roll out. Bioinformatics sounds a little large. AAVSO sounds just about the right size. Of course your more detailed research will unsurprisingly have a different conclusion than mine, etc. "I believe that open science hasnt taken off because there is no platform for it" Well, the AAVSO has been around a lot longer than the web. Even if they're not eventually users, their experiences over the last century or so would make an interesting case study for you, one way or another.
- amirmansour 13y agoThis looks like a great and useful service. I'm going to give it a try. However, I tried signing up for "Banyan for Mac," but whatever email I provided was said to be invalid!
- twog 13y agoBack up now!
- pazimzadeh 13y agoI am having the same problem.
- masonhensley 13y agoCongrats, I like seeing startups from Tennessee!
- twog 13y agoHi Mason! Thanks, there are more of us every day! Check out http://noogastartups.com http://noogastartups.com I think Tennessee is the next great startup state.
- Xcelerate 13y agoReally? That's great to here. I'm a student at UT and do some research at Oak Ridge. I've always been interested in startups and would like to start my own at some point or join a small team. Banyan looks great. I've been mentioning Github to my advisor, but I think this is much more suitable.
- haney 13y agoI went to UT and started and did research at ORNL. I left in 2011 to start a startup in Chattanooga (Colocated with Banyan). Tenneessee (specifically Chattanooga) is a great place to start a company. There's good funding, low cost of living and a pretty nice talent pool.