Diego Torres Quintanilla How JupyterLab 4 is strategic to Two Sigma and you | JupyterCon 2023

Two Sigma's Diego Torres Quintanilla discusses the strategic importance of JupyterLab 4, its partnership with QuantStack, and the benefits of improved performance and real-time collaboration for the firm's researchers.

Key takeaways
  • Diego Torres Quintanilla talks about JupyterLab 4 and its strategic importance to Two Sigma
  • JupyterLab 4 is focused on improving performance and real-time collaboration, with QuantStack as its partner
  • JupyterLab 4 has a significant impact on Two Sigma’s researchers, with 80% of them using Jupyter daily
  • The partnership allows Two Sigma to upgrade Jupyter for its users without breaking extensions or introducing new issues
  • QuantStack helps Two Sigma keep up to date with Jupyter, which is crucial for the firm’s researchers
  • JupyterLab 4 improves performance by using virtual rendering, which reduces rendering time
  • The partnership also enables real-time collaboration, making it easier for researchers to work together
  • JupyterLab 4 has a high adoption rate, with 25% of users on the latest version
  • QuantStack helps Two Sigma with its internal extensions, allowing the company to focus on other internal software
  • The partnership is a good collaboration model, and QuantStack does not solely focus on Jupyter, but also helps other companies
  • JupyterLab 4 is still under active development, with improvements being made regularly
  • The company’s internal support engineer is responsible for fixing bugs in the Jupyter distribution
  • JupyterLab 4 has a limited set of libraries, making it challenging for large notebooks to render quickly
  • JupyterLab 4 can be slow and jittery, especially when scrolling in large notebooks