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That's super interesting. If someone asked me if bioinformatics was complex, I'd say "Yes, massively so." But then, I would take it in a totally different direc
by LifeIsBio 6y ago
That's super interesting. If someone asked me if bioinformatics was complex, I'd say "Yes, massively so." But then, I would take it in a totally different direction. To me, the complexity of bioinformatics come from the biology. How do you think about weird biological edge cases? What do your distributions look like and how do you choose thresholds? How do you even form a good question?
Thinks like [B|S|Cr]am files are complex in their own way, but mostly they're just kinda annoying to have to figure out. You can dig in as deep as you need pretty easily.
On the other hand, maybe I'm over-simplifying because I feel more comfortable in this domain, which I think is your point.
- teekert 6y agoWell, I come from Biology, always had Webdev as a hobby and then moved into bioinformatics which now turns towards software development. So Biology feels most familiar, but it is indeed also always complex. Btw, the files are ok and with effort can be understood and maybe some could even be considered elegant. It's just the shear amount of "standards" or rather the lack thereof.