Re: Fwd: machine learning API, common models

2016-05-20 Thread Frances Perry
We could have a module with a library of PTransforms (similar to the join library in extensions) -- so it wouldn't be part of the core / required SDK. On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Henry Saputra wrote: > I am a bit concern about adding ML model APIs to Beam because the fluctuate > nature of

Re: Fwd: machine learning API, common models

2016-05-20 Thread Henry Saputra
I am a bit concern about adding ML model APIs to Beam because the fluctuate nature of ML landscape and also in reality, most data scientists tend to use Python and R most the work with existing model definition. Even though you could say something like Spark ML is popular, it is merely because it

Re: [PROPOSAL] Beam FAQ

2016-05-20 Thread Devin Donnelly
FYI: User documentation draft (the Beam Programming Guide) is well underway. I'm regularly pushing stuff out to a fork of the Beam website repo if anyone wants a sneak peek. On May 20, 2016 9:37 AM, "Davor Bonaci" wrote: > We are missing a basic getting started guide along with the rest of user >

Re: [PROPOSAL] Beam FAQ

2016-05-20 Thread Davor Bonaci
We are missing a basic getting started guide along with the rest of user documentation. I think we should work on this first. FAQ is a great idea for things that aren't or cannot be covered by those documents -- but, we cannot really start that before we have at least a draft version of the previo

Re: [PROPOSAL] Beam FAQ

2016-05-20 Thread Jean-Baptiste Onofré
Hi, good idea for the FAQ. Not sure for the wiki: it would prefer kind of governance and review using the website. Regards JB On 05/20/2016 09:24 AM, Ismaël Mejía wrote: Hello, I have stumbled with some issues while trying to execute pipelines with all the different runners and I was wonder

[PROPOSAL] Beam FAQ

2016-05-20 Thread Ismaël Mejía
Hello, I have stumbled with some issues while trying to execute pipelines with all the different runners and I was wondering if we need to create a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section on the website. Maybe it would be better to create such thing as a wiki so we can contribute faster. What do