Stop Training Models in DEV. Train Them in LAB.

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Congratulations, ML professionals of all kinds! Only 10 years after Andrew Ng taught everyone about gradient descent, our respectable profession has almost entirely moved away from using the PROD environment for everything. Pat yourself on the back.

Now shame on you! Because I glanced over your shoulder just now and saw you training a model in DEV. There’s a better way, people, and…