Why Joel Grus Dislikes Jupyter Notebooks
O'Reilly · Talk · YouTube title: I don't like notebooks.- Joel Grus (Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence)
Why it's here
It is the go-to funny, irreverent critique of notebooks, linked whenever HN debates notebooks versus testable code.
What it covers
Joel Grus's JupyterCon talk explaining why he dislikes Jupyter notebooks. He covers hidden state, trouble with reproducibility and testing, and how notebooks frustrate teaching. He shows his preferred workflow and what Jupyter could change.