Lightning Talk: Kuber-What-Es?! Misadventures in Building UIs for K8s-Based ML Platforms

Last year, our team set out to build a machine learning platform for launching hyperparameter optimization jobs. However, after our launch, the kubernetes-based machine learning platform wasn't a hit …

Last year, our team set out to build a machine learning platform for launching hyperparameter optimization jobs. However, after our launch, the kubernetes-based machine learning platform wasn’t a hit with our internal users. This talk explains why, starting with our three critical user interface design decisions, the two problems these led to, and our one direction for future work. This talk is meant to be a very compact, but honest, look at some of the user experience challenges faced by teams building kubernetes-based ML platforms.