Zymergen Technology TeamMigrating a large codebase to Python 3 in a few daysPython 2’s end-of-life announcement meant that we had to move a very large codebase to Python 3. Here’s how we successfully did it in a…Sep 4, 2020Sep 4, 2020
Zymergen Technology TeamAddendum: Improving our Parallel Task API with CeleryA followup to our previous discussion of running parallel tasks in Celery, with details on how we solved the largest problem with our…Aug 28, 2020Aug 28, 2020
Zymergen Technology TeamHow I Learned to Stop Pipetting and Love the RobotsMy job as a biologist in the lab used to consist of moving liquids back and forth by hand. At Zymergen, I’m training robots to automate…May 26, 2020May 26, 2020
Zymergen Technology TeamRobots, Biology, and Unsupervised Model SelectionOur end-to-end approach for model selection for unsupervised outlier detection algorithms, with an emphasis on parameter tuning.Apr 15, 2020Apr 15, 2020
Zymergen Technology TeamThe Case for Modular Lab AutomationNo one would sell us a high-throughput system that could be reconfigured in minutes and would scale to fill a factory. So we built one.Oct 2, 2019Oct 2, 2019
Zymergen Technology TeamBuilding a Parallel Task API with CeleryAn introduction to running parallel tasks with Celery, plus how and why we built an API on top of Celery’s Canvas task primitivesSep 3, 2019Sep 3, 2019
Zymergen Technology TeamBuilding a Platform for Duct TapeHow Solutions Engineering Goals Drive Our Architecture DesignJul 26, 2019Jul 26, 2019
Zymergen Technology TeamProgramming MicrobesAt Zymergen we are building a data science ecosystem where machine learning algorithms help predict which genetic edits will produce…Jun 25, 20191Jun 25, 20191
Zymergen Technology TeamZymergen Technology Team ValuesWe’re proud of our team’s culture. As we grew, we found we wanted to write down the values that have created that culture. In this post we…Mar 20, 2019Mar 20, 2019
Zymergen Technology TeamCode Reviews at ZymergenHow to be the best dang code reviewers and reviewees possibleJan 4, 2019Jan 4, 2019
