Yes
However, in step 1, they've had a transformational impact
blagie on Hacker News
try a half-dozen libraries in an hour
In the thread “SQL for data scientists in 100 queries”, replying to this comment
Helped: Rapid prototyping and evaluating new libraries in minutes instead of days.
Got in the way: Inconsistency with existing codebase style and theming in high-fidelity mockups.
… I'll get something working end-to-end quickly, but not necessarily something I can leverage directly for step 3. However, in step 1, they've had a transformational impact. Exploratory work is 99% throw-away code (even the stuff which eventually makes it to prod; by that point, it has a clean rewrite). …