Hi, great idea! Maybe we should use the Wiki for such a list? It would make it easier for users to just drop a link to a github repo of an algorithm implementation.
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Kruse, Sebastian <sebastian.kr...@hpi.de> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > at HPI, we recently had the idea of a projects page on the Flink web site. > Such a page could present programs that have been implemented atop of > Flink, ideally with a link to a github repository of the respective > project's code. This could bring benefits for both the Flink maintainers > and users with it. > > At first, these projects could promote the versatility of the Flink > platform if the Flink programs are concerned with quite different problems > (graph algorithms, machine learning, data analytics, ...). Moreover, a lot > of projects underline the relevance of Flink as a GP data processing > platform. Last but not least, given a set of readily implemented use cases, > a rather non-technical audience (i.e., w/o programming background) could > try out Flink without having to write any code (ideally). > > Also, such a projects page would be beneficial for the people that write > new Flink programs. Without a distribution platform for Flink programs, it > is likely that every program written in Flink is only used by its own > authors. The project page would be a good place to promote own Flink > programs but also to exchange programs, best practices or even subplans and > operators. > > As I think, that this idea addresses an important issue, I am putting it > here for discussion and looking forward to your feedback. :) > > Cheers, > Sebastian >
