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by benrutter 712 days ago
This looks great! Since jupyter notebooks are used by a lot of people (like scientists, business analysts etc) I think there's a genuine niche for just having a jupyter notebook client for folks to get started with quickly.

Adding something like built in .venv support and even python distribution would be immense (I'm thinking of a dream scenario where installing something like this gives a beginner all the tools to get up and running python notebooks with) any plans for that on the roadmap?
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jackhodkinson 712 days ago
Even as a command line power user, I still wish it were easier to install dependencies while working in a notebook. If I'm working on a project I don't want to have to switch to my terminal if I can solve the problem in one command from my notebook.

With a little careful thought into good UX I don't see why it can't be easy for a beginner at the same time useful to a pro user (and still compatible with any virtual environment).

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entangled_atom 711 days ago
Totally agree with this sentiment. There is definite value in providing an easy to setup fully featured jupyter environment for people who are just starting out.

The company I work at (qBraid) has a qBraid Lab product that does exactly this, but tailored more toward those in the quantum computing ecosystem. We may even be interested in offering Satyrn as another option on our currently platform alongside VSCode and standard Jupyter, if the creator(s) are ever interested in licensing and/or some form of co-selling model.

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