Episode 153:

The Future of Data Science Notebooks with Jakub Jurových of Deepnote

August 30, 2023

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Jakub Jurových, the Founder of Deepnote. During the conversation, the group discussed the role of notebooks in data science and engineering. They explore the history and purpose of notebooks, the challenges of collaboration in notebook workflows, the potential of notebooks in the AI revolution, the importance of interactive computational environments, and more.

Notes:

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

  • Jakub’s journey into data and working with notebooks (2:43)
  • Overview of Deepnote and its features (7:22)
  • Notebook 1.0 and 2.0 (14:04)
  • Notebook 3.0 and its potential impact (15:46)
  • The need for collaboration across organizations (17:16)
  • Real-time, asynchronous, and organizational collaboration (28:02)
  • Challenges to collaboration (32:03)
  • Notebooks as a universal computational medium (36:14)
  • The rise of exploratory programming (41:40)
  • The power of natural language interface (43:04)
  • The evolving grammar of using notebooks (47:02)
  • Final thoughts and takeaways (55:50)

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