{
  "id": 81869,
  "title": "Never update even a single module last day - Murphy's law",
  "url": "/competitions/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/81869",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2019-02-25T17:45:22.947527800Z",
  "votes": 7,
  "comment_count": 8,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>On the last day of competition I was trying to use a fancy function which just came in a module few days back. Updating only one module was required I decided to update it found it had a dependency on another module I thought updating two won't matter if I improve my score.</p>\n\n<p>Ended up breaking conda installation by hard reset. Crucial hours wasted just to fix conda.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Lesson learnt never update anything on last day.</strong></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://www.magicalquote.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Murphys-law-doesnt-mean-that-something-bad-will-happen.-What-it-means-is-whatever-can-happen-will-happen.jpg\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "478081",
      "postDate": "02/25/2019 17:45:22",
      "content": "<p>On the last day of competition I was trying to use a fancy function which just came in a module few days back. Updating only one module was required I decided to update it found it had a dependency on another module I thought updating two won't matter if I improve my score.</p>\n\n<p>Ended up breaking conda installation by hard reset. Crucial hours wasted just to fix conda.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Lesson learnt never update anything on last day.</strong></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://www.magicalquote.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Murphys-law-doesnt-mean-that-something-bad-will-happen.-What-it-means-is-whatever-can-happen-will-happen.jpg\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "On the last day of competition I was trying to use a fancy function which just came in a module few days back. Updating only one module was required I decided to update it found it had a dependency on another module I thought updating two won't matter if I improve my score.\n\nEnded up breaking conda installation by hard reset. Crucial hours wasted just to fix conda.\n\n**Lesson learnt never update anything on last day.**\n\n![enter image description here][1]\n\n\n  [1]: https://www.magicalquote.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Murphys-law-doesnt-mean-that-something-bad-will-happen.-What-it-means-is-whatever-can-happen-will-happen.jpg",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "478151",
      "postDate": "02/25/2019 19:59:30",
      "content": "<p>Or stop using conda and move on to pipenv/virtualenv/poetry and never ever have more problems.</p>\n\n<p>Hate conda ^^</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Or stop using conda and move on to pipenv/virtualenv/poetry and never ever have more problems.\n\nHate conda ^^",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "478211",
      "postDate": "02/25/2019 22:13:46",
      "content": "<p>I move (slowly) away from conda. Pipenv is very cool but many people still use virtualenv. <a href=\"/raddar\">@raddar</a> which one do use more pipenv or virtualenv? Thanks</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I move (slowly) away from conda. Pipenv is very cool but many people still use virtualenv. @raddar which one do use more pipenv or virtualenv? Thanks",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "478312",
      "postDate": "02/26/2019 02:22:20",
      "content": "<p>Or take a snapshot of your instance so you can revert back</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Or take a snapshot of your instance so you can revert back",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "478423",
      "postDate": "02/26/2019 06:05:57",
      "content": "<p>i like poetry</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "i like poetry",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "478610",
      "postDate": "02/26/2019 11:48:42",
      "content": "<p>Use conda env</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Use conda env",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "478768",
      "postDate": "02/26/2019 15:57:19",
      "content": "<p>What operating system experienced kagglers use for competitions?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "What operating system experienced kagglers use for competitions?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "478769",
      "postDate": "02/26/2019 15:58:55",
      "content": "<p>ubuntu is just fine.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "ubuntu is just fine.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "479383",
      "postDate": "02/27/2019 05:27:07",
      "content": "<p>Guess this Medium was quite helpful for me, hope it helps you too..\n<a href=\"https://medium.freecodecamp.org/why-you-need-python-environments-and-how-to-manage-them-with-conda-85f155f4353c\">https://medium.freecodecamp.org/why-you-need-python-environments-and-how-to-manage-them-with-conda-85f155f4353c</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Guess this Medium was quite helpful for me, hope it helps you too..\nhttps://medium.freecodecamp.org/why-you-need-python-environments-and-how-to-manage-them-with-conda-85f155f4353c",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 478151,
      "author_name": "raddar",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/25/2019 19:59:30",
      "content": "<p>Or stop using conda and move on to pipenv/virtualenv/poetry and never ever have more problems.</p>\n\n<p>Hate conda ^^</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 478211,
      "author_name": "rgolovnya",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/25/2019 22:13:46",
      "content": "<p>I move (slowly) away from conda. Pipenv is very cool but many people still use virtualenv. <a href=\"/raddar\">@raddar</a> which one do use more pipenv or virtualenv? Thanks</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 478423,
          "author_name": "raddar",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "02/26/2019 06:05:57",
          "content": "<p>i like poetry</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 478312,
      "author_name": "pocketsuteado",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/26/2019 02:22:20",
      "content": "<p>Or take a snapshot of your instance so you can revert back</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 478610,
      "author_name": "cpmpml",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/26/2019 11:48:42",
      "content": "<p>Use conda env</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 478768,
      "author_name": "rgolovnya",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/26/2019 15:57:19",
      "content": "<p>What operating system experienced kagglers use for competitions?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 478769,
          "author_name": "raddar",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "02/26/2019 15:58:55",
          "content": "<p>ubuntu is just fine.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 479383,
      "author_name": "viswanathravindran",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/27/2019 05:27:07",
      "content": "<p>Guess this Medium was quite helpful for me, hope it helps you too..\n<a href=\"https://medium.freecodecamp.org/why-you-need-python-environments-and-how-to-manage-them-with-conda-85f155f4353c\">https://medium.freecodecamp.org/why-you-need-python-environments-and-how-to-manage-them-with-conda-85f155f4353c</a></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "478081": "On the last day of competition I was trying to use a fancy function which just came in a module few days back. Updating only one module was required I decided to update it found it had a dependency on another module I thought updating two won't matter if I improve my score.\n\nEnded up breaking conda installation by hard reset. Crucial hours wasted just to fix conda.\n\n**Lesson learnt never update anything on last day.**\n\n![enter image description here][1]\n\n\n  [1]: https://www.magicalquote.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Murphys-law-doesnt-mean-that-something-bad-will-happen.-What-it-means-is-whatever-can-happen-will-happen.jpg",
    "478151": "Or stop using conda and move on to pipenv/virtualenv/poetry and never ever have more problems.\n\nHate conda ^^",
    "478211": "I move (slowly) away from conda. Pipenv is very cool but many people still use virtualenv. @raddar which one do use more pipenv or virtualenv? Thanks",
    "478312": "Or take a snapshot of your instance so you can revert back",
    "478423": "i like poetry",
    "478610": "Use conda env",
    "478768": "What operating system experienced kagglers use for competitions?",
    "478769": "ubuntu is just fine.",
    "479383": "Guess this Medium was quite helpful for me, hope it helps you too..\nhttps://medium.freecodecamp.org/why-you-need-python-environments-and-how-to-manage-them-with-conda-85f155f4353c"
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