Cauldron is called the unnotebook because it differs from traditional notebooks two key ways:

Notebooks were first developed at a time when sharing code was cumbersome. The single-file format made it easier send code. But today code-hosting services like GitHub and BitBucket are the much better solution. The single-file format has now become the cumbersome way to share code because they don't play nicely with these code hosting services in a number of ways. Collaboration results in unnecessary merge conflicts. Code can't be easily reviewed by peers. And extra display data is stored in every commit whether you want it or not.

Cauldron notebooks are folders that contain multiple project files instead of storing everything in one file. A typical notebook would look something like:

where:

Display data is also stored in separate files. They can be saved, or not, when and where you choose to avoid polluting the version control system with meaningless updates caused by re-running unmodified steps.

Cauldron has no code editing capabilities of its own. There is absolutely no reason to reinvent the wheel with so many fantastic code editors with productivity features that far exceed anything available in notebooks. The process of developing an analysis in Cauldron works like this: