Re:Ask HN: Machine Learning Engineers, what do you do at work?
by makapuf on Saturday June 08, 2024 @03:40AM
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I agree simplicity is king. But you're comparing making a script using dependencies and tooling for those dependencies and a C program with no dependencies. You can download a simple python script and run it directly if it has no dependencies besides stdlib (which is way larger in python). That's why I love using bottle.py by example.
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Re:Ask HN: Machine Learning Engineers, what do you do at work?
by avmich on Saturday June 08, 2024 @10:41AM
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Agree. But even with dependencies running "make" seems to be way simpler than having to install particular version of tools for a project, making venv and then picking versions of dependencies.
The point is the same - we had it simpler and now, with all capabilities for automation, we have it more complex.
Frankly, I suspect most of the efforts now are spent fighting non-essential complexities, like compatibilities, instead of solving the problem at hand. That means we create problems for ourselves faster than removing them.