Ryan Abernathey: Taking Scientific Computing to the next level - MBM#62
Ryan Abernathey is a Climate Scientist, open-source software developer and the CEO & co-founder of Earthmover, a company trying to simplify how scientific computing is done. Ryan also co-founded the Pangeo project in 2016, one of the major efforts to build better tools for scientific computing today.
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About Ryan
Shownotes
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Books & Podcast recommendation
Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore (Affiliate Link)
Timestamps
(00:00) - Introduction
(00:45) - Sponsor: Nimbo by Kermap
(02:20) - Ryan describes himself
(03:11) - From Oceanography to data infrastructure
(06:11) - Building an Company around Open Source
(13:33) - Product
(16:28) - The current Earth Observation data stack
(20:39) - Issues with today's approaches
(30:30) - Zarr
(33:30) - Friction with new technology
(38:23) - Climate science vs geospatial
(44:48) - Different sciences make different assumptions
(47:17) - Modeling Level of Details
(59:50) - Book & Podcast recommendations
(01:05:37) - Support the podcast on Patreon!
