jperkel

jperkel, 1 month ago to random

Fun and fascinating article from @benjedwards @arstechnica on the 60th anniversary of the BASIC programming language: "10 PRINT "HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY, BASIC!"

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/the-basic-programming-language-turns-60

johannes_lehmann, 2 months ago to Futurology

Where would you share code (R/quarto) underlying analyses in a research manuscript?

I was thinking Zenodo as I planned to host the non-sequencing data there. I saw that Zenodo interfaces with GitHub, which many papers use to host their code and which the publisher guide lists first. Any benefit to also putting the code on GitHub (I didn’t use git for version control & the code is only useful for reproducing the analyses, not itself innovative)?

#OpenScience #research #code #Rstats #GitHub

jperkel, 2 months ago to webassembly

I'm so excited to see my latest @Nature feature! This month I explore how #WebAssembly and #webgpu are transforming scientific computing. Among other things, these techs make it possible to try software without installing it. eg, check out https://sandbox.bio/ to test-drive tutorials in bioinformatics. Article: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00725-1

jperkel, 2 months ago to webassembly

One really cool example that I wanted to include in my article (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00725-1) on #WebAssembly was this, from Chris Pahmeyer. It uses a WebAssembly port of the popular GEOS library to render one million buildings in Utah, within an @observablehq notebook: https://observablehq.com/@chrispahm/prototyping-geoparquet-geos-in-webassembly

jperkel, 2 months ago to webassembly

I created a working #WebAssembly demo notebook at https://jperkel.github.io/ for my latest feature (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00725-1), with help from {webR} & @gws.

This demo will run #rstats code on your computer, even if you don't have R installed. Try it from your mobile -- it should work there too!

jperkel, 2 months ago to webassembly

Today @Nature, I delve into #WebAssembly #WebGPU -- two technologies that allow researchers to run software in the browser without having to install it. Featuring a fantastic illustration from The Project Twins! https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00725-1

jperkel, 4 months ago to ChatGPT

A journal reviewer accused Lizzie Wolkovich of using #ChatGPT to write a manuscript. She hadn’t — but her paper was rejected anyway. Today, she shares her story with @Nature . https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00349-5

jperkel, 1 year ago to random

Today @Nature, by me: why you might want to do your computing work inside computational environments (e.g., conda, renv). With @ctb @fertiglab @minecr @benmarwick et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01469-0