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I have given a presentation on the fundamentals of Livebook at the LIVE Workshop @ SPLASH 2022 just this week. The video is not officially out yet but you can check the pre-recorded version [0] (Google Drive link)

0: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mw_NEER4VzA1qhFIq6WH9PYLLbN...

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Amazing thanks for sharing.

As a Jupyter notebook user who has not tried Livebook (yet) i can summarize after watching:

- in Jupyter notebook state is hard to reproduce because execution can go back and forth between cells and that is not tracked. in Livebook execution is always top to bottom (still interactive and you can have branches)

- built-in package management

- multiplayer (the same notebook can be accessed and manipulated by multiple users)

- easier version control (a subset of markdown)

- ...

Great summary! I would only add the "Smart cells" bit, which can help you automate and/or learn a variety of tasks through a high-level UI while still being able to drop back to code!

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