# Community

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## [I created an online multiplayer game with Julia!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-created-an-online-multiplayer-game-with-julia/106406)

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**Author:** [@Kyjor](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kyjor)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-created-an-online-multiplayer-game-with-julia/106406 "2023-12-01T12:07:19Z")

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Hey all! It’s been awhile since my last update on my online multiplayer game. Honestly, I got very busy, and didn’t feel like taking the time to work on this. It’s a pain because whenever I was working on this, I h…

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## [Julia Users Helsinki: kickstart meeting 21 September 2022](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-users-helsinki-kickstart-meeting-21-september-2022/86800)

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**Author:** [@lferrant](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lferrant)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-users-helsinki-kickstart-meeting-21-september-2022/86800 "2023-11-30T08:53:12Z")

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I’m glad to announce the first Julia Users meetup in Helsinki area on 21st September 2022 in Otaniemi. Doesn’t metter if you are new to julia or experienced user, if you are enthusiast you are welcome to join! The first…

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## [I'm making a Julia wargame! What kind of special effects do you want?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/im-making-a-julia-wargame-what-kind-of-special-effects-do-you-want/106521)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/im-making-a-julia-wargame-what-kind-of-special-effects-do-you-want/106521 "2023-11-30T02:55:49Z")

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I am making a turn-based hex strategy wargame. I have the following code. struct StatusEffect #??? #Working in progress. end struct TileFeature #??? #Working in progress. end struct WeaponFeature …

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## [Should Julia have a recognized set of language specific metasyntactic variables?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-julia-have-a-recognized-set-of-language-specific-metasyntactic-variables/106474)

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**Author:** [@jmanthony3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jmanthony3)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-julia-have-a-recognized-set-of-language-specific-metasyntactic-variables/106474 "2023-11-27T16:21:10Z")

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Would it be appropriate for the Julia community to have a list of commonly used metasyntactic variables like other languages? For example, Python has spam, ham and eggs. I imagine that such a list could increase the leg…

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## [How do we Julians win big when the situation is so unfair?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-we-julians-win-big-when-the-situation-is-so-unfair/106433)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 98\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-we-julians-win-big-when-the-situation-is-so-unfair/106433 "2023-11-22T17:50:23Z")

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We all cheer when 10 lines of Julia beat 1000 lines of something else with twice the performance, or when one Julian beats 100 people, but there is an endless number of people and an endless amount of funding in Python/C…

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## [Static Analysis vs. Unit Tests](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/static-analysis-vs-unit-tests/106477)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/static-analysis-vs-unit-tests/106477 "2023-11-21T19:51:31Z")

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That sounds like not enough unit tests.

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## [Washington D.C. Area Meetups](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/washington-d-c-area-meetups/106498)

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**Author:** [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/washington-d-c-area-meetups/106498 "2023-11-20T23:37:44Z")

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Who would be interested in Washington D.C. greater metropolitan area meetups? @nhz2 and I have managed to occasionally meet in downtown DC around the convention center. I would be particularly interested in meetups arou…

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## [Experiences Using Julia For Data Science Competition](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/experiences-using-julia-for-data-science-competition/106061)

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**Author:** [@indymnv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/indymnv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/experiences-using-julia-for-data-science-competition/106061 "2023-11-20T10:44:10Z")

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I’ve been interested in participating in data science and machine learning competitions for some time. And I believe Julia can be a great language in these competitions. I understand that Kaggle seems to be the most pop…

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## [\[Video\] How to Reduce Julia's Latency](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-how-to-reduce-julias-latency/100298)

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**Author:** [@jacobusmmsmit](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jacobusmmsmit)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-how-to-reduce-julias-latency/100298 "2023-11-20T09:26:43Z")

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Hi everyone, I made a video about reducing Julia’s latency after a conversation with a friend who said that they really wish all of this information was in one place. Hence, you get this video. Possibly part one of two…

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## [Vancouver (BC) Meetup](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vancouver-bc-meetup/105673)

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**Author:** [@mia\_kramer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mia_kramer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vancouver-bc-meetup/105673 "2023-11-19T18:53:46Z")

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Hi all! We’re announcing an unofficial Julia users group in Vancouver, BC for people of all skill levels. The idea is to meet about once a month and learn some Julia together! The format will be: A half-hour informal …

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## [Julia ranking fairly good in code generating using ChatGPT](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-ranking-fairly-good-in-code-generating-using-chatgpt/106410)

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**Author:** [@filchristou](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/filchristou)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-ranking-fairly-good-in-code-generating-using-chatgpt/106410 "2023-11-19T16:27:22Z")

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I still haven’t really used LLMs to assist me on writing code. One of my internal arguments was that since I code mostly in Julia, the LLM will not be half as good as assisting with more popular languages due to the dat…

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## [Documentation-oriented community calls](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-oriented-community-calls/104887)

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**Author:** [@mortenpi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mortenpi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-oriented-community-calls/104887 "2023-11-15T00:41:06Z")

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Following up on a discussion in Slack’s #documentation channel, there is interest in starting up a working group and community calls that would focus on Julia documentation. The scope could be both documentation tooling…

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## [Dagger's DArray MPI subpackage roadmap](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/daggers-darray-mpi-subpackage-roadmap/104218)

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**Author:** [@fda-tome](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fda-tome)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/daggers-darray-mpi-subpackage-roadmap/104218 "2023-11-14T11:05:07Z")

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Hello guys! Hope everyone is doing awesome and having a great year developing Julia code. I am writing this post to serve three purposes: Inform what is available in terms of the DArray MPI API; Conclude my Google Summ…

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## [Linux Foundation has announced the High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/linux-foundation-has-announced-the-high-performance-software-foundation-hpsf/106157)

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**Author:** [@xiaoxi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaoxi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/linux-foundation-has-announced-the-high-performance-software-foundation-hpsf/106157 "2023-11-14T10:48:07Z")

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The Linux Foundation this morning announced the creation of the High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) to drive an open source software stack for High Performance Computing (HPC). The goals of the HPSF are: Serv…

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## [Can we bring dynamically typed languages back into trend?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-we-bring-dynamically-typed-languages-back-into-trend/105333)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 74\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-we-bring-dynamically-typed-languages-back-into-trend/105333 "2023-11-12T22:03:05Z")

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Julia is known for being a fast dynamic language. However, static typing is now the trend. Performance is not even the major reason for static typing anymore. Meanwhile, I believe in the goodness of generic code and fre…

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## [Is package development fun?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-package-development-fun/106058)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-package-development-fun/106058 "2023-11-11T12:54:38Z")

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Background of this analysis: Unlike most people who see life as serious work and games as something for fun, for me, life is a game and how well you perform in life is like the game score. With that, I perform this analy…

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## [What are the famous companies or software that uses the Julia programming language?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-are-the-famous-companies-or-software-that-uses-the-julia-programming-language/81047)

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**Author:** [@anon29721930](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon29721930)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-are-the-famous-companies-or-software-that-uses-the-julia-programming-language/81047 "2023-11-10T20:15:10Z")

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Hi all! Context I like to program and I’m new to programming Julia, I’m curious to know which famous company or software uses Julia In some programming languages there is a link called showcase where it shows some appl…

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## [Cuda kernel program](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cuda-kernel-program/106002)

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**Author:** [@Beatha\_Shilongo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Beatha_Shilongo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cuda-kernel-program/106002 "2023-11-09T17:05:32Z")

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Am installing CuArrays package on online juliahub, But am getting the following error. This is the specification am using: Node Type: V100 GPU, 8 vCPUs, 61GB Memory; and the error is: Unsatisfiable requirements detect…

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## [Last slots available for "GPU programming with Julia" course with Tim Besard and Samuel Omlin](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/last-slots-available-for-gpu-programming-with-julia-course-with-tim-besard-and-samuel-omlin/105952)

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**Author:** [@samo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/samo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/last-slots-available-for-gpu-programming-with-julia-course-with-tim-besard-and-samuel-omlin/105952 "2023-11-08T14:35:32Z")

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Last slots available for “GPU programming with Julia” course with Tim Besard and myself at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (registration deadline Monday, November 13):

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## [Addressing skill intersection issue and realizing Julia full potential](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/addressing-skill-intersection-issue-and-realizing-julia-full-potential/105739)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/addressing-skill-intersection-issue-and-realizing-julia-full-potential/105739 "2023-11-07T12:59:36Z")

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Julia has a big issue. Julia is described as a language that is fast, easy, and can do this and that. This comes with a big asterisk. Let’s not dodge criticisms and face it head-on. Julia is easy, except when I decided …

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## [JuliaUserGroupMunich: Ole Kröger, Javis.jl - Julia Animations and Visualizations](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliausergroupmunich-ole-kroger-javis-jl-julia-animations-and-visualizations/105183)

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**Author:** [@schlichtanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/schlichtanders)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliausergroupmunich-ole-kroger-javis-jl-julia-animations-and-visualizations/105183 "2023-11-06T17:26:40Z")

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Join us online :spiral\_calendar: Monday 6. November 2023 :six\_thirty: CET 18:30. organized via meetup Javis.jl - Julia Animations and Visualizations ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ I am glad to welcome Ole Kröger as ou…

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## [Practical Julia book](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/practical-julia-book/105749)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/practical-julia-book/105749 "2023-11-05T13:55:45Z")

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My hard copy of Practical Julia by @LeePhillips just arrived… woot! Practical Julia | No Starch Press

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## [How I learned to stop worrying about being fastest and love microbenchmarks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-about-being-fastest-and-love-microbenchmarks/105268)

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**Author:** [@jakobnissen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jakobnissen)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2023, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-about-being-fastest-and-love-microbenchmarks/105268 "2023-11-03T10:05:10Z")

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I love microbenchmarks. Once in a while on this forum, some Julian discovers a GitHub repo with a microbenchmark that compares the speed of different programming languages. Typically, Julia does poorly compared to C or …

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## [This month in Julia world - 2023-10](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2023-10/105656)

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**Author:** [@Krastanov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Krastanov)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2023-10/105656 "2023-11-02T01:21:22Z")

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A monthly newsletter, mostly on julia internals, digestible for casual observers. A biased, incomplete, editorialized list of what I found interesting this month, with contributions from the community. “Internals” Fora …

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## [Question about Julia's goals](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-about-julias-goals/105226)

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**Author:** [@suncheso](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/suncheso)\
**Replies:** 41\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-about-julias-goals/105226 "2023-10-27T15:22:35Z")

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Good day. I’m new to “Julia” and maybe overly excited. Any language evolves, it either moves away from the original idea or pupates and dies. For example, “Python” was originally a zen language, and now it is a plug in …

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## [\[Workgroup\] JuliaHealth Meeting -- October 27th, 2023](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workgroup-juliahealth-meeting-october-27th-2023/105321)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workgroup-juliahealth-meeting-october-27th-2023/105321 "2023-10-27T14:01:50Z")

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Hi folks! :wave: It has been an exciting month in JuliaHealth land and am excited for this Friday’s monthly call! :smile: In particular @Jakub\_Mitura will be presenting some of their exciting work (currently added to Jul…

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## [Ferrite.jl User & Developer Conference 2023](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ferrite-jl-user-developer-conference-2023/100925)

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**Author:** [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ferrite-jl-user-developer-conference-2023/100925 "2023-10-27T11:24:02Z")

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We are excited to announce the second edition of Ferrite.jl User & Developer Conference! This year we will meet at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany on October 6, 2023. Please have a look at the webpage for more details…

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## [Gram–Schmidt Orthogonalization with Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gram-schmidt-orthogonalization-with-julia/105473)

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**Author:** [@VinodV](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/VinodV)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 9:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gram-schmidt-orthogonalization-with-julia/105473 "2023-10-27T09:40:43Z")

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Hi friends, I have made a blog post here : Gram–Schmidt Orthogonalization with Julia - Julia Community 🟣. Can you give feedback related to efficiency, performace etc.

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## [What are the ways to make GUI in Julia (review wanted)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-are-the-ways-to-make-gui-in-julia-review-wanted/103369)

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**Author:** [@Eben60](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Eben60)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-are-the-ways-to-make-gui-in-julia-review-wanted/103369 "2023-10-26T17:13:34Z")

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Continuing the discussion from What steps should the Julia community take to bring Julia to the next level of popularity? @frylock asked a question, which I wanted to ask too. I think, it is worth a separate topic.

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## [Course about creating reports with julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/course-about-creating-reports-with-julia/87570)

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**Author:** [@BeastyBlacksmith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BeastyBlacksmith)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/course-about-creating-reports-with-julia/87570 "2023-10-21T15:17:34Z")

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I create a little walked example through the julia package landscape for creating \\LaTeX - reports with julia. This course is targeted at physics students needing to write reports about physical experiments, but might a…

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