nexus published, index source

nexus is a threefold documentation resource centered on technology, tools and methods for open data science. Nexus is “How I Did It” notes in case I need to do it again in the future. Content is threefold in the sense of: native plus external plus hybrid documentation. Hybrid is (native) commentary from working through (external) guides and tutorials.

Interpreting the nexus content map

• left-justified: To published GitHub pages
  • Indented: To gh-pages source markdown files
  • Each topic is anchored by index.md file with…
    • …one or more children

Nexus is a 3-level tree. Here is the link map:

• nexus
  • nexus root index.md (L1)
    • nexus lexicon
    • nexus loose strands (a ttdl)
• bash
  • bash index.md
    • environments
    • git and GitHub
    • wrenching the terminal
    • ssh tunneling
• data
  • data index.md
    • api
• hpc
  • hpc index.md
• cloud
  • cloud index.md
    • spot
    • studies
• manim
  • manim index.md
• (meta-)documentation
  • (meta-)documentation index.md
• python
  • python index.md
    • jupyter
    • python packages
• containers
  • containers index.md
• artificial intelligence
  • artificial intelligence index.md
    • gcp
    • aws
    • azure
• quantum computing
  • quantum computing index.md
    • Hadamard gates
• earth science
  • earth science index.md
    • data

Essay: Understanding the cloud-for-research time investment

Why is nexus?

nexus is a response to the tech ‘profusion/latency’ problem faced by scientists who need a degree of familiarity with computing infrastructure. The scientist is first a Builder and then a User where they can focus on the actual research. Suppose a research team needs to puzzle out how to develop code for and then run a lot of compute tasks on a limited budget; so perhaps containerization and Jupyter Lab servers are pieces of the solution. Once set in place the how to can be forgotten… but how to invariably comes up again at some point down the road, be that weeks or months or a year. It is onerous and depressing to have to begin again as Builder de novo. Nichte diese Töne: nexus hopes to be helpful.