Supertree
AI
ml visualization
SHOW HN2024
How HN took it
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Pricing: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks very nice and useful for understanding individual trees
From 2 comments
I'm very biased in favor of Javascript, but I have to say it looks very nice! Nice job! Here's my user test: https://www.loom.com/share/2b751d8c08fb4998aae02678ff1d6ce2
breck on HNI use random forests as a first model for basically everything classification or regression. This looks incredibly useful for understanding samples of individual trees, for which…
kbrkbr on HN
Objections
Source-available license with unclear pricing and hard-to-pay purchase process
From 3 comments
Interesting choice of license, source available, but only free (as in beer) for personal use. I am all for trying to find sustainable ways to finance these kind of projects. But…
Epa095 on HN>I can't find a price The license includes a URL supposedly with pricing information, but it 404s, and the main website doesn't seem to list Supertree as a product. Maybe it just…
zahlman on HN> Secondly, I get tired just thinking of the process of figuring out how to pay someone somewhere money. An invoice?
Veuxdo on HN
Licensing is not truly open source
From 2 comments
looks like you need to pay to use this "free open source lib" https://github.com/mljar/supertree/blob/main/supertree-commercial-license.pdf
pajeets on HNThere are separate commercial and non-commercial licenses listed in the repository. This may not be compatible with open source, but it's a reasonable licensing strategy overall…
zahlman on HN
Possible rendering bug showing duplicate targets in nodes
From 1 comment
Is there any documentation? I am trying to understand why I have target1 and target2 in the same circle for both left and right outcomes.
kirvyteo on HN
Requests
Add a more prominent Colab button and homepage presence
From 1 comment
Ah, I didn't see that button, thanks! Here's the link for anyone else: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1f2Xu8CwbXaT33hvh-ze0JK3sBSpXBt5T?usp=sharing I would suggest…
breck on HN
Provide documentation
From 1 comment
Is there any documentation? I am trying to understand why I have target1 and target2 in the same circle for both left and right outcomes.
kirvyteo on HN
Questions
Why target1 and target2 appear in the same node
From 1 comment
Is there any documentation? I am trying to understand why I have target1 and target2 in the same circle for both left and right outcomes.
kirvyteo on HN
Alternatives named
Built-in sklearn tree plotting
From 1 comment
I use random forests as a first model for basically everything classification or regression. This looks incredibly useful for understanding samples of individual trees, for which…
kbrkbr on HN