Wrapping up our discussion on how to manage and use data

[maurolepore]

Who is the audience?

Analysts, data managers, and software developers at 2DII and beyond.

Why is this important?

As a way to wrap up our discussion about how to improve the way we manage and use data, we need to answer these questions:

• What is a cache and how can it help in my data analyses?
• How a cache system is better than storing and accessing data on Dropbox?
• How can pins, Azure, and RStudio server help me?

What should be covered?

• Define cache
• Revisit the flow of data https://2degreesinvesting.github.io/ds-incubator/the-flow-of-data.html
• Compare Dropbox versus Azure+pins

Suggested speakers

@maurolepore

Resources

• Collaborative document
• Recording.
• The flow of data (revisited)
• Creating and using timestamped pins: This article shows how I imagine a database manager might create timestamped versions of the data you care about, and then how an analyst may get the latest available version. We didn't see this during the meetup but I mentioned it.