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Re: One in Three Farms Is Using FarmLogs

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Post by wooster »

wooster wrote: post #6

This number ("one in three") is really ambiguous[0], as I haven't seen them state what they consider a farm to be. It could be the Ag Census data (~2.2 million farms), or along some subset (say non-family farms at ~90 thousand), or some farm type (I believe I've previously seen them say "row crop farms"). I'm sure it seems like an impressive stat to throw out there, but it's a lot like saying they're offering a milli…

Also worth noting that the Ag Census likely overstates the number of farms in the US, so it's not out of line for FarmLogs to come up with their own number for their target market.

Re: One in Three Farms Is Using FarmLogs

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Post by kbenzle »

wooster wrote: post #6

This number ("one in three") is really ambiguous[0], as I haven't seen them state what they consider a farm to be. It could be the Ag Census data (~2.2 million farms), or along some subset (say non-family farms at ~90 thousand), or some farm type (I believe I've previously seen them say "row crop farms"). I'm sure it seems like an impressive stat to throw out there, but it's a lot like saying they're offering a milli…

This number of course applies to only their targeted market, farms of a certain size and then only those growing two or three specific crops, but that's a long ass headline.

Re: One in Three Farms Is Using FarmLogs

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Post by llambda »

Mz wrote: post #5

I wonder what their stack is. I can't readily determine that, which might just be a function of working too hard today. I don't have time to search for the info. (I was specifically wondering if they use Hadoop.)

They use Clojure and I believe ClojureScript on the frontend. (I'm not sure about Hadoop, when I had spoken with their devs before this didn't come up--but since they're already on the JVM such tools are a natural fit.)

They're one of the many success stories in the community of startups who have chosen Clojure as their primary weapon. (See also: Climate Corp, now owned by Monsanto.)

Lisp is having its victories, here and there, but notably in meaningful and economically real ways.

Edit: They DO NOT use ClojureScript, sadly. Unlike say, CircleCI or Prismatic, who both have very compelling stories with regard to using Clojure from the front to the backend.

Re: One in Three Farms Is Using FarmLogs

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Post by Bjorkbat »

wooster wrote: post #6

This number ("one in three") is really ambiguous[0], as I haven't seen them state what they consider a farm to be. It could be the Ag Census data (~2.2 million farms), or along some subset (say non-family farms at ~90 thousand), or some farm type (I believe I've previously seen them say "row crop farms"). I'm sure it seems like an impressive stat to throw out there, but it's a lot like saying they're offering a milli…

Yeah, as a former farmer I'm a little bit skeptical. Last I checked the vast majority of farms out there aren't large operations, but incredibly small family-owned "hobby farms" or market gardens (what most of us would identify as a small vegetable farm).

Having known many farmers over the years, I can only think of one who would really have a use for this. The rest would probably just dismiss it without much thought.

Re: One in Three Farms Is Using FarmLogs

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Post by vcarl »

llambda wrote: post #15
Mz wrote: post #5

I wonder what their stack is. I can't readily determine that, which might just be a function of working too hard today. I don't have time to search for the info. (I was specifically wondering if they use Hadoop.)

They use Clojure and I believe ClojureScript on the frontend. (I'm not sure about Hadoop, when I had spoken with their devs before this didn't come up--but since they're already on the JVM such tools are a natural fit.) They're one of the many success stories in the community of startups who have chosen Clojure as their primary weapon. (See also: Climate Corp, now owned by Monsanto.) Lisp is having its victories, her…

Frontend is currently Backbone + React, moving towards more React, written in CoffeeScript.

Re: One in Three Farms Is Using FarmLogs

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Post by llambda »

vcarl wrote: post #17
llambda wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They use Clojure and I believe ClojureScript on the frontend. (I'm not sure about Hadoop, when I had spoken with their devs before this didn't come up--but since they're already on the JVM such tools are a natural fit.) They're one of the many success stories in the community of startups who have chosen Clojure as their primary weapon. (See also: Climate Corp, now owned by Monsanto.) Lisp is having its victories, her…

Frontend is currently Backbone + React, moving towards more React, written in CoffeeScript.

A bit of a shame it's not ClojureScript, to be honest. What's the rationale CoffeeScript?

Re: One in Three Farms Is Using FarmLogs

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Post by vcarl »

llambda wrote: post #18
vcarl wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Frontend is currently Backbone + React, moving towards more React, written in CoffeeScript.

A bit of a shame it's not ClojureScript, to be honest. What's the rationale CoffeeScript?

I'm relatively new so I can't speak to the original rationale, but right now it fits our needs. I'd love to do some ClojureScript (or just ES2015 through Babel), but right now we're focusing on building stuff instead of playing with languages :)
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