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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Switching Technology Stacks

In DSC: This often occurs in the modern analysis world, we have to switch among data and methodology stacks, while balancing cognitive load.   Which is why automating aspects of this can be very useful.

" ...  Cognitive load is a term applied to the overall effort used in working memory for an individual performing a task. Faced with any technology choice, we tend to concoct an approximation in our minds of the cost of effort, compared to the benefit of change.  The cost that has been on my mind recently – is that of cognitive load. Even thinking about the irony of that statement adds to my cognitive load.

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