I realize this is a Guild AI community and so the answer to this might very well be 100% NO 
Jupyter Notebooks are extremely popular. That means that a lot of data science work is conducted in Notebooks. Unfortunately, the ad hoc workflow that make Notebooks so popular doesn’t lend itself to strictly controlled experiments.
I think Notebooks actually are pretty good for experiments, if used correctly. Unfortunately, it’s quite hard to use them correctly.
To properly represent an experiment, a Notebook:
- Must be copied to a new, pristine file
- If flags are changed, must be modified to reflect the experiment-specific flag values
- Run from top to bottom by a script, not a human
- Once run, must not be re-run
The copied-and-run Notebook can then be used as a reliable experiment artifact.
0.7.1 has preliminary support for this. It lets you run a ipynb file directly.
guild run my-notebook.ipynb
You can also use a new notebook operation attribute in a Guild file:
# guild.yml
op:
notebook: my-notebook.ipynb
If you’re using Notebooks — or working with folks who are — I’d love get your input on this feature.