# Offtopic

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## [About the Offtopic category](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/about-the-offtopic-category/2929)

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**Author:** [@vchuravy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vchuravy)\
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Topics that are not about Julia or do not fit in any other category.

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## [Will there be any need for this forum? (It is not about this forum. Read on.)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-there-be-any-need-for-this-forum-it-is-not-about-this-forum-read-on/139333)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 100\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-there-be-any-need-for-this-forum-it-is-not-about-this-forum-read-on/139333 "2026-09-22T19:25:41Z")

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We are arguing here about whether to allow posts of AI-generated content or not. If the predictions of the release of sovereign agents come to pass, these deliberations will be moot. There will be no need for humans anym…

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## [Community Interest Check: LLMs from Scratch in Pure Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/community-interest-check-llms-from-scratch-in-pure-julia/121796)

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**Author:** [@mantzaris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mantzaris)\
**Replies:** 76\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/community-interest-check-llms-from-scratch-in-pure-julia/121796 "2026-09-22T14:14:05Z")

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Is there active interest in developing LLMs from the ground up in pure Julia or is there ongoing work on this that I have not come across? Current I’ve been reviewing existing Julia LLM projects: Transformers.jl (~1K …

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## [Possible applications of Jev (ai model)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/possible-applications-of-jev-ai-model/139545)

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**Author:** [@madppiper](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/madppiper)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/possible-applications-of-jev-ai-model/139545 "2026-09-20T18:46:45Z")

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Hey everyone, so a few days ago a new AI model was released under the name of Jev. I signed up to the beta, because I thought it was an interesting new take on the entire market and the reason why I am posting this at a…

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## [MSVC is experimenting with correctly-rounded math (LLVM libc)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/msvc-is-experimenting-with-correctly-rounded-math-llvm-libc/139402)

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**Author:** [@woclass](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/woclass)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/msvc-is-experimenting-with-correctly-rounded-math-llvm-libc/139402 "2026-09-12T18:23:24Z")

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Since 2015, the math functions in cmath and cstdlib are supplied by the C runtime via math.h and stdlib.h, which Microsoft ships as part of the Universal C Runtime (UCRT). … In the modern day, the UCRT math functions …

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## [Proxima.wsharp notebooks - a parallel to pluto.jl for W# (my own language)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/proxima-wsharp-notebooks-a-parallel-to-pluto-jl-for-w-my-own-language/139383)

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**Author:** [@sinisterMage](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sinisterMage)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/proxima-wsharp-notebooks-a-parallel-to-pluto-jl-for-w-my-own-language/139383 "2026-09-12T09:58:26Z")

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Hello! i would like to share proxima notebooks: an interactive notebook for W# APIs proxima brings API requests, documentation, and typed response handling into one W# project. Write a collection, document its endpoints…

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## [\[not related to julia\] My first vibe-coded app (a local model AI text assistant Firefox extension)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/not-related-to-julia-my-first-vibe-coded-app-a-local-model-ai-text-assistant-firefox-extension/139384)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 9:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/not-related-to-julia-my-first-vibe-coded-app-a-local-model-ai-text-assistant-firefox-extension/139384 "2026-09-12T09:47:52Z")

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Posted herein, as I “learned the concept” within this forum… actually, no, I do not believe one truly grasps it until executing it personally.. how extraordinary that is.. my inaugural vibe-coded application, a grammar a…

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## [EvoX Genesis for breakthrough AI development and Institute of Foundation Models Launches the Industry’s Largest Fully Open-Source Fleet of AI Models](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/evox-genesis-for-breakthrough-ai-development-and-institute-of-foundation-models-launches-the-industry-s-largest-fully-open-source-fleet-of-ai-models/139362)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/evox-genesis-for-breakthrough-ai-development-and-institute-of-foundation-models-launches-the-industry-s-largest-fully-open-source-fleet-of-ai-models/139362 "2026-09-11T17:49:38Z")

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In short, it made a C compiler (C11 Compliance & C23 Subset) from scratch for US$44.38, and ported 462K-LOC Fortran 90/2008 stellar astrophysics suite to 67K LOC of pure Rust library code (13 idiomatic Rust crates) for…

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## [Vibe coding vs agentic coding (Ralph Wiggum loop)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vibe-coding-vs-agentic-coding-ralph-wiggum-loop/135389)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vibe-coding-vs-agentic-coding-ralph-wiggum-loop/135389 "2026-09-09T13:26:37Z")

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EDIT: I’ve shortened this post, still will edit it more, see history if you want all of it. My main point here is an FYI on what AI is already capable of, like making the Rue/language/compiler, and asking people what the…

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## [Asides on AI prose quality (from "I don't want to read LLM output")](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/asides-on-ai-prose-quality-from-i-dont-want-to-read-llm-output/139306)

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**Author:** [@kahliburke](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kahliburke)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 6:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/asides-on-ai-prose-quality-from-i-dont-want-to-read-llm-output/139306 "2026-09-09T06:49:15Z")

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Here’s your paragraph as one cogent sentence: “AI prose is dense and meandering at once, so word count no longer signals information content and the reader does the work the writer should have.” Did I lose anything? I…

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## [Limitations of Julia for AI? Better language(s) for AI, or similar graph-based possible for Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/limitations-of-julia-for-ai-better-language-s-for-ai-or-similar-graph-based-possible-for-julia/139197)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/limitations-of-julia-for-ai-better-language-s-for-ai-or-similar-graph-based-possible-for-julia/139197 "2026-09-07T03:23:06Z")

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Very intriguing (yes a different language, maybe could be made to apply to Julia): Continuing the discussion from Idiomatic Julia code in AI generated code: that sentence is a complete non-sequitur; neither of those …

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## [6-bit floats and Mojo 1.0 vs Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/6-bit-floats-and-mojo-1-0-vs-julia/139196)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2026, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/6-bit-floats-and-mojo-1-0-vs-julia/139196 "2026-09-05T11:11:41Z")

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Recently out as 1.0 stable and few days later open sourced: There are only three ways to tackle these problems. Let’s briefly evaluate the pros and cons of each: Extend an existing language like C++, Rust, Julia, Sw…

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## [Split matrix calculation, and FYI: Effectiveness of sparse data structure for double-double and quad-double arithmetics](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/split-matrix-calculation-and-fyi-e-ectiveness-of-sparse-data-structure-for-double-double-and-quad-double-arithmetics/139172)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
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**Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/split-matrix-calculation-and-fyi-e-ectiveness-of-sparse-data-structure-for-double-double-and-quad-double-arithmetics/139172 "2026-09-02T19:47:58Z")

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I got this idea for splitting numbers (but actually only for matrices), like Float64, into two parts, hi and lo (basically the double-double trick), for up to 2x speedup if lo can be Float32, since hi can be in a separat…

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## [How are CPU/core resources utilized with multiple multithreaded processes?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-are-cpu-core-resources-utilized-with-multiple-multithreaded-processes/139151)

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**Author:** [@stustd](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stustd)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-are-cpu-core-resources-utilized-with-multiple-multithreaded-processes/139151 "2026-08-25T00:43:25Z")

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How are CPU/core resources utilized in a software model with multiple processes (i.e. data separation), with each process having multiple threads (i.e. data sharing): will the sum of tasks (aggregated over the processes)…

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## [Frustrations with a JOSS rejection](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/frustrations-with-a-joss-rejection/139086)

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**Author:** [@raman\_kumar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/raman_kumar)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/frustrations-with-a-joss-rejection/139086 "2026-08-31T13:43:20Z")

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I have also submitted my Julia code work for Athena++ simulation data plotting in JOSS. But reviewer rejected it saying that script is too small. It took me 6 months to develop this algorithm but still they rejected. I g…

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## [What are the real costs of AI](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-are-the-real-costs-of-ai/139090)

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**Author:** [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-are-the-real-costs-of-ai/139090 "2026-08-28T22:19:53Z")

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I am using Claude Professional, and have a usage counter (Claude Code Usage VSCode plugin) installed. It tells me that I spend tokens worth $80 per day, but I pay only $20 per month. Where is this this huge difference c…

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## [Still not getting it. \<heavy sigh\>](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/still-not-getting-it-heavy-sigh/138800)

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**Author:** [@skypuppy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/skypuppy)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/still-not-getting-it-heavy-sigh/138800 "2026-08-25T17:17:30Z")

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In school, and at work, math has always been tons-o-fun for me. All 6 programming languages I have had to use have all been rather easy and fun as well (not counting Prolog; thank you so much Athens State…) It’s been o…

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## [Diffusion-based drafting LLM breakthroughs, and maybe we should work on fine-tuning for Julia; and inference rather than pretraining?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/diffusion-based-drafting-llm-breakthroughs-and-maybe-we-should-work-on-fine-tuning-for-julia-and-inference-rather-than-pretraining/138972)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/diffusion-based-drafting-llm-breakthroughs-and-maybe-we-should-work-on-fine-tuning-for-julia-and-inference-rather-than-pretraining/138972 "2026-08-24T00:55:46Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Proof of concept LLM chatbot built with Julia: KeemenaLM.jl: JetSpec reaches 9.64x on MATH-500 and 4.58x on open-ended chat, and these gains carry into real single-stream serving on Jet…

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## [Well this may come off as a surprise](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/well-this-may-come-off-as-a-surprise/138989)

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**Author:** [@blah\_blah.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/blah_blah.jl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/well-this-may-come-off-as-a-surprise/138989 "2026-08-22T19:17:30Z")

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Hi everyone, Hope you all are having one blast of a day I wanted to leave a short note before taking a bit of a hiatus from the Julia community. I’m not sure how much of an impact I managed to make here, but I’m genui…

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## ["Mahara": "Open Source Washing" project (GPL with paying code access)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mahara-open-source-washing-project-gpl-with-paying-code-access/138973)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mahara-open-source-washing-project-gpl-with-paying-code-access/138973 "2026-08-21T15:05:27Z")

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I “randomly” landed on the web page of the “Mahara” web software, a sort of Moodle specialized in making students to collect and showcase their achivements and projects. The odd is that downloading/self-hosting the sof…

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## [From the blooper reel](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-the-blooper-reel/138933)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-the-blooper-reel/138933 "2026-08-20T08:23:17Z")

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Excerpt from some test code I wrote that had me staring at the screen for a while, trying to locate the error. N = 2 # about 200 lines later, in a galaxy far, far away… my\_test\_utility(::Val{N}, various\_arguments...) …

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## [Anthropic gave me 6 months of Claude Max for my contributions to the Julia ecosystem :)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/anthropic-gave-me-6-months-of-claude-max-for-my-contributions-to-the-julia-ecosystem/138591)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 73\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/anthropic-gave-me-6-months-of-claude-max-for-my-contributions-to-the-julia-ecosystem/138591 "2026-08-12T10:16:54Z")

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Hi! Anthropic just gave me 6 months of Claude Max plan for my contributions to the Julia ecosystem (PrettyTables.jl + SatelliteToolbox.jl). I am so glad for three reasons: It is a statement that the Julia language…

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## [Lpviz - Linear programming in the browser](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lpviz-linear-programming-in-the-browser/133250)

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**Author:** [@klamike](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/klamike)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lpviz-linear-programming-in-the-browser/133250 "2026-08-10T16:16:40Z")

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Hi everyone, I want to share with the Julia community lpviz.net, a visualization web-app for linear programming solvers. Basically, I’ve implemented some textbook LP algorithms and hooked them up to an HTML canvas so you…

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## [What is your favourite font for coding in Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-your-favourite-font-for-coding-in-julia/138662)

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**Author:** [@blah\_blah.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/blah_blah.jl)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-your-favourite-font-for-coding-in-julia/138662 "2026-08-09T11:38:32Z")

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On a side note, what is the favourite font you guys use while coding in Julia, I need something good

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## [Discovery Loop - AI for Science Startup](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discovery-loop-ai-for-science-startup/138658)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discovery-loop-ai-for-science-startup/138658 "2026-08-08T23:58:40Z")

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Maybe they will use Julia. They are ex Google so probably not… Julia would be ideal for their stated mission

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## [Why was Kaimon.jl no longer available?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-was-kaimon-jl-no-longer-available/138629)

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**Author:** [@Kirby\_Zhang](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kirby_Zhang)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-was-kaimon-jl-no-longer-available/138629 "2026-08-06T02:49:42Z")

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The GitHub page is showing “404 not found” as of today.

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## [What would you do when you can no longer find the meaning of life?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-would-you-do-when-you-can-no-longer-find-the-meaning-of-life/138421)

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**Author:** [@godot](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/godot)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-would-you-do-when-you-can-no-longer-find-the-meaning-of-life/138421 "2026-07-25T04:23:47Z")

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Is it legal to discuss this topic here?

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## [JuliaHub raises $65m Series B and launches Dyad 3.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliahub-raises-65m-series-b-and-launches-dyad-3-0/136941)

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**Author:** [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliahub-raises-65m-series-b-and-launches-dyad-3-0/136941 "2026-05-08T23:43:29Z")

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Congratulations to the whole team! Here’s hoping that 0.1% of the funding goes towards completing date axis support for Makie :smiley:

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## [Advice for local sandboxing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/advice-for-local-sandboxing/136454)

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**Author:** [@Benny](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Benny)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/advice-for-local-sandboxing/136454 "2026-07-09T02:42:19Z")

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The TeamPCP attacks this year involving Github Actions, Trivy, npm (CanisterWorm), CheckMarx, Docker Hub, PyPI, LiteLLM, Telnyx, etc. has made me reconsider the security gamble I take whenever I download software. Despit…

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## [Will programming languages eventually evolve into DSL dialects within a shared ecosystem?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-programming-languages-eventually-evolve-into-dsl-dialects-within-a-shared-ecosystem/138054)

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**Author:** [@yvikhlya](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yvikhlya)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 8:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-programming-languages-eventually-evolve-into-dsl-dialects-within-a-shared-ecosystem/138054 "2026-07-10T08:52:49Z")

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People are talking about two language problem, which julia solves, but imo the problem is actually not two (or more) languages, which developers have to use, but fragmented ecosystems. There are dozens of “general purpos…

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