# Community

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## [PSA: Discourse RSS feeds](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-discourse-rss-feeds/136970)

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**Author:** [@cjdoris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cjdoris)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-discourse-rss-feeds/136970 "2026-05-03T20:32:01Z")

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I recently learned that you can put .rss on the end of pretty much any Discourse URL to get it as an RSS feed. For example here is the page for the monthly newsletter: Newsletter - Julia Programming Language And here i…

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## [This month in Julia World - 2026-03&04](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2026-03-04/136965)

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**Author:** [@Krastanov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Krastanov)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2026, 5:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2026-03-04/136965 "2026-05-03T05:19:08Z")

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Celebrating the end of this newsletter’s 3rd year! A monthly newsletter, mostly on julia internals, digestible for casual observers. A biased, incomplete, editorialized list of what a clique of us found interesting this…

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## [New Book, 40 programming exercises in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-book-40-programming-exercises-in-julia/136903)

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**Author:** [@b-lukaszuk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/b-lukaszuk)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-book-40-programming-exercises-in-julia/136903 "2026-05-01T05:36:50Z")

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Hi guys. I just finished a book (desktop publishing): Build Super Helpful and Interesting Things with Julia. It contains 40 programming exercises at levels easy to moderate (everything is relative) that are haphazardl…

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## [Should Julia have an unofficial community mascot? If so, which one?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-julia-have-an-unofficial-community-mascot-if-so-which-one/136826)

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**Author:** [@gwr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gwr)\
**Replies:** 44\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-julia-have-an-unofficial-community-mascot-if-so-which-one/136826 "2026-04-30T07:21:06Z")

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This is a poll about whether Julia should have an unofficial community mascot. Since this topic has resurfaced repeatedly over the years without converging, I thought it might be useful to at least get a clearer signal …

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## [JuliaFormatter.jl needs help](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaformatter-jl-needs-help/136744)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaformatter-jl-needs-help/136744 "2026-04-30T00:49:11Z")

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Hi! I am not sure if this was posted here, but it seems that the maintainer of JuliaFormatter.jl needs help. I could try helping, but unfortunately, I’m too involved in other projects, such as PrettyTables.jl and Sat…

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## ["At present, Julia is a/an \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ programming language. " Fill in the blank with the most appropriate adjective](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/at-present-julia-is-a-an-programming-language-fill-in-the-blank-with-the-most-appropriate-adjective/134155)

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**Author:** [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)\
**Replies:** 50\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/at-present-julia-is-a-an-programming-language-fill-in-the-blank-with-the-most-appropriate-adjective/134155 "2026-04-23T09:10:32Z")

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"At present, Julia is a/an \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ programming language. " Fill in the blank with the most appropriate adjective. For example, (some possible options) popular? burgeoning? mainstream? non-mainstream? unusual? ord…

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## [DiffEqBase.jl moved in March without much notification to the community using it](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/diffeqbase-jl-moved-in-march-without-much-notification-to-the-community-using-it/136781)

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**Author:** [@bparbhu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bparbhu)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/diffeqbase-jl-moved-in-march-without-much-notification-to-the-community-using-it/136781 "2026-04-21T18:32:36Z")

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Hi all, I haven’t seen a post about how sunsetting works in SciML. Does anyone know if there’s been any communication about sunsetting DiffEqBase.jl GitHub - SciML/DiffEqBase.jl: The lightweight Base library for shared…

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## [Seeking Community Input on Package Maintenance Status Labels & Criteria](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/seeking-community-input-on-package-maintenance-status-labels-criteria/135177)

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**Author:** [@kosuri-indu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kosuri-indu)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 7:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/seeking-community-input-on-package-maintenance-status-labels-criteria/135177 "2026-04-17T07:26:51Z")

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Hey everyone :waving\_hand: I am currently working on an ecosystem-wide audit of the JuliaHealth organization as part of a NumFOCUS Small Development Grant. One part of this work involves summarizing the maintenance stat…

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## [Changing the behavior of \`min\` in \`julia-actions/setup-julia\`](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-behavior-of-min-in-julia-actions-setup-julia/136046)

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**Author:** [@dilumaluthge](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dilumaluthge)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-behavior-of-min-in-julia-actions-setup-julia/136046 "2026-04-17T01:27:46Z")

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This post is about the use of julia-actions/setup-julia in GitHub Actions CI. The current major version is setup-julia@v2. Suppose that your Project.toml file includes this compat entry for Julia: \[compat\] julia = "1.1…

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## [INPE's satellite simulator UI is now powered by Tachikoma.jl, and it is amazing!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inpes-satellite-simulator-ui-is-now-powered-by-tachikoma-jl-and-it-is-amazing/136342)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inpes-satellite-simulator-ui-is-now-powered-by-tachikoma-jl-and-it-is-amazing/136342 "2026-04-14T13:51:55Z")

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Hi! Some of you know that one of our biggest accomplishments here at the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) was to build a validated satellite simulator that is being used in all phases of the attitu…

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## [Best practices for listing organizations (logos, users, contributors) on JuliaHealth site?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-practices-for-listing-organizations-logos-users-contributors-on-juliahealth-site/136535)

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**Author:** [@kosuri-indu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kosuri-indu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 5:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-practices-for-listing-organizations-logos-users-contributors-on-juliahealth-site/136535 "2026-04-03T05:57:37Z")

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Hello everyone! :waving\_hand: I am actually working on adding a section to the JuliaHealth website to highlight organizations using or contributing to the ecosystem (e.g., researchers, users, developers). This is loose…

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## [Julia Pittsburgh Meetup](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-pittsburgh-meetup/136486)

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**Author:** [@adolgert](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/adolgert)\
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**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-pittsburgh-meetup/136486 "2026-03-31T23:15:30Z")

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Hi Pittsburgh Julians! I am reaching out to announce our next meeting, on April 7th, at 5 PM, in WEH 2327 (Wean Hall on Carnegie Mellon University campus). This is an informal meetup with no scheduled speaker. We have a…

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## [Why AIs tools can't find my book about Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-ais-tools-cant-find-my-book-about-julia/136466)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-ais-tools-cant-find-my-book-about-julia/136466 "2026-03-31T19:36:00Z")

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So, I wrote a book about the julia syntax & its ecosystem, now in its 2nd edition. Sure, there are many better, more deep, or more specialized books… but honestly there are also a lot of low-quality books (that I have …

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## [JuliaLang/julia is AI slop now and I am heartbroken](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julialang-julia-is-ai-slop-now-and-i-am-heartbroken/136440)

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**Author:** [@imyxh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/imyxh)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julialang-julia-is-ai-slop-now-and-i-am-heartbroken/136440 "2026-03-29T22:16:24Z")

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The commit history of JuliaLang/julia is absolutely heartbreaking to read through. I don’t think it’s worth anyone’s time for me to explain why. If you think that thousands of lines of vibe code per week is sustainable, …

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## [Migrate from Github to Gitlab](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/migrate-from-github-to-gitlab/136334)

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**Author:** [@aumpierre-unb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aumpierre-unb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/migrate-from-github-to-gitlab/136334 "2026-03-23T11:20:53Z")

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I recently migrate from Github to Gitlab. What is the easiest way to change my packages urls from Github to Gitlab? And how can I release new versions from Gitlab? In Github there is Registrator.jl robot. As far as i c…

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## [De Python à Julia — Une courte introduction à Julia pour les utilisateurs de Python](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/de-python-a-julia-une-courte-introduction-a-julia-pour-les-utilisateurs-de-python/136256)

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**Author:** [@Diego\_Javier\_Zea](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Diego_Javier_Zea)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/de-python-a-julia-une-courte-introduction-a-julia-pour-les-utilisateurs-de-python/136256 "2026-03-18T15:08:54Z")

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:france: Français Bonjour à toutes et à tous, Je voudrais partager une petite ressource pédagogique que j’ai préparée : De Python à Julia. Il s’agit d’un court notebook Jupyter destiné à des personnes connaissant déjà…

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## [Interest for GSoC 2026: Global Error Estimation and Control for Differential Equations](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interest-for-gsoc-2026-global-error-estimation-and-control-for-differential-equations/136246)

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**Author:** [@Emanuele-Elias](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Emanuele-Elias)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interest-for-gsoc-2026-global-error-estimation-and-control-for-differential-equations/136246 "2026-03-17T22:30:14Z")

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Hi everyone, My name is Emanuele, I am an applied math and data science master’s student, and I am interested in the GSoC 2026 project: “Global Error Estimation and Control for Differential Equations.” I have put toget…

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## [This month in Julia world - 2026-02](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2026-02/136110)

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**Author:** [@Krastanov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Krastanov)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2026-02/136110 "2026-03-10T09:57:40Z")

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A monthly newsletter, mostly on julia internals, digestible for casual observers. A biased, incomplete, editorialized list of what a clique of us found interesting this month, with contributions from the community. If y…

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## [ONNX Probabilistic Programming Working Group – Collaboration with the Julia PPL Ecosystem (Turing.jl / RxInfer.jl)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/onnx-probabilistic-programming-working-group-collaboration-with-the-julia-ppl-ecosystem-turing-jl-rxinfer-jl/136087)

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**Author:** [@bparbhu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bparbhu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/onnx-probabilistic-programming-working-group-collaboration-with-the-julia-ppl-ecosystem-turing-jl-rxinfer-jl/136087 "2026-03-07T20:10:10Z")

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Hi everyone, I wanted to share that the ONNX Probabilistic Programming Working Group has recently been formed and invite participation from the Julia probabilistic programming community—particularly developers and users…

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## [Updating Julia BlueSky Starter Pack?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-julia-bluesky-starter-pack/136014)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-julia-bluesky-starter-pack/136014 "2026-03-04T15:22:51Z")

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Hi folks! :waving\_hand: It has been a couple years since I started the BlueSky Starter Pack for Julia: Since it has been a little while and JuliaCon 2026 is soon upon us, anyone that I am missing or anyone who might …

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## [CSL parser in Julia – Any approaches yet | who would maybe join?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/csl-parser-in-julia-any-approaches-yet-who-would-maybe-join/57451)

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**Author:** [@kellertuer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kellertuer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/csl-parser-in-julia-any-approaches-yet-who-would-maybe-join/57451 "2026-03-02T00:53:28Z")

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Continuing the discussion from State of the Literature/References: I am thinking about having a CSL parser package (see https://citationstyles.org/ ) in Julia. Are there are approaches to this already? Would someone be …

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## [GSoC 2026 Interest - Turing.jl Gibbs Sampler Project](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gsoc-2026-interest-turing-jl-gibbs-sampler-project/135888)

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**Author:** [@Anurag\_Gupta](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Anurag_Gupta)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gsoc-2026-interest-turing-jl-gibbs-sampler-project/135888 "2026-02-27T18:11:19Z")

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Title: GSoC 2025 Interest - Turing Gibbs Sampler Project Hi Julia community! I’m Anurag, a CS undergrad interested in applying for GSoC 2025 with Turing, specifically the “AbstractMCMC-based Gibbs Sampler” project. M…

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## [Horns of the dilemma - C++ & Python binding or Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/horns-of-the-dilemma-c-python-binding-or-julia/135886)

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**Author:** [@som.mukhopadhyay](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/som.mukhopadhyay)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/horns-of-the-dilemma-c-python-binding-or-julia/135886 "2026-02-27T14:41:06Z")

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Aah… I am at the crossroads - tried-and-true marriage (C++/Python) or solo act (Julia). I am starting new in julia and i must be honest - it looks great for an engineer interested in scientific software. i hope i will …

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## [From STEM to STS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-stem-to-sts/135729)

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**Author:** [@Offray](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Offray)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-stem-to-sts/135729 "2026-02-26T13:38:13Z")

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I’ll be teaching Julia this semester to introduce computational thinking for undergrad students of Library and Information Science (LIS) in the Department of Information Science of Javeriana University and this post is d…

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## [\[ANN\] Write Excel files with XLSX.jl v0.2.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-write-excel-files-with-xlsx-jl-v0-2-0/11152)

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**Author:** [@felipenoris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/felipenoris)\
**Replies:** 43\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-write-excel-files-with-xlsx-jl-v0-2-0/11152 "2026-02-25T10:55:34Z")

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This is a major upgrage for package XLSX.jl . You can now export your DataFrames to Excel files. XLSX.writetable("df.xlsx", DataFrames.columns(df), DataFrames.names(df)) # df is a DataFrame You can even export multiple…

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## [This month in Julia world - 2026-01](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2026-01/135562)

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**Author:** [@Krastanov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Krastanov)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2026-01/135562 "2026-02-24T00:32:27Z")

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A monthly newsletter, mostly on julia internals, digestible for casual observers. A biased, incomplete, editorialized list of what a clique of us found interesting this month, with contributions from the community. If y…

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## [\[ANN\] SlicedWasserstein.jl — Sliced Wasserstein distances and barycenters in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-slicedwasserstein-jl-sliced-wasserstein-distances-and-barycenters-in-julia/135795)

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**Author:** [@gianlucacovini](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gianlucacovini)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-slicedwasserstein-jl-sliced-wasserstein-distances-and-barycenters-in-julia/135795 "2026-02-23T17:26:39Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m happy to announce SlicedWasserstein.jl, a Julia package implementing: • Sliced Wasserstein distance • Sliced OT (SOT) • Barycenters • Sliced-Wasserstein K-means The package is designed for discrete…

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## [Julia4PDEs 2026 workshop at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia4pdes-2026-workshop-at-vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/134524)

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**Author:** [@fverdugo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fverdugo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2026, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia4pdes-2026-workshop-at-vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/134524 "2026-02-23T09:33:44Z")

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Join us on 26–27 March 2026 at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. We are organizing a workshop to meet researchers using Julia to solve PDEs. A central theme will be to align efforts within the community, learn from each oth…

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## [\[ANN\] A Julia Discourse Site for Non-technical Users](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-a-julia-discourse-site-for-non-technical-users/135560)

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**Author:** [@technocrat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/technocrat)\
**Replies:** 51\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-a-julia-discourse-site-for-non-technical-users/135560 "2026-02-17T09:50:56Z")

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community.maddatascientist.io is a new Discourse site aimed at new users, primarily those who do not intend to move far into intermediate stage and do not plan on using Julia’s advanced mathematical capacities. It aims t…

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## [From the JuliaHUB newsletter on the new agentic AI for Dyad](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-the-juliahub-newsletter-on-the-new-agentic-ai-for-dyad/135682)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-the-juliahub-newsletter-on-the-new-agentic-ai-for-dyad/135682 "2026-02-16T16:29:18Z")

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..this is the kind of sentences from an AI agent that scare me so much… :face\_with\_hand\_over\_mouth: :face\_with\_hand\_over\_mouth: :face\_with\_hand\_over\_mouth:

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