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## [Error while installing Juila packages on windows](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-while-installing-juila-packages-on-windows/138758)

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**Author:** [@Aditya747S](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Aditya747S)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-while-installing-juila-packages-on-windows/138758 "2026-08-23T13:31:34Z")

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I am installing julia packages on my windows machine and i am getting errros that go like this → \*.dll is either not designed to run on windows or contains an error. Try installing again using original installation med…

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## [NTuple type vs conversion inconsistency](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ntuple-type-vs-conversion-inconsistency/139005)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ntuple-type-vs-conversion-inconsistency/139005 "2026-08-23T12:47:12Z")

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I find this a bit weird: julia\> x = (1, "a fish") (1, "a fish") julia\> x isa NTuple{2} false julia\> NTuple{2}(x) ≡ x true That is, T(x) ≡ x yet x is not a T.

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## [Packages blocking each other - strange case with DataFrames and PlotlyJS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packages-blocking-each-other-strange-case-with-dataframes-and-plotlyjs/138980)

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**Author:** [@mjmat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mjmat)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packages-blocking-each-other-strange-case-with-dataframes-and-plotlyjs/138980 "2026-08-23T04:06:40Z")

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On a fresh 1.12.7 install, I am seeing this: If I add DataFrames first and then PlotlyJS, I get DataFrames 1.8.2 and PlotlyJS 0.15.0 (which is not up-to-date) If I add PlotlyJS and then DataFrames, I get PlotlyJS 0.18.…

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## [Interested in maintaining PlotlyLight.jl — looking for repository admin](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interested-in-maintaining-plotlylight-jl-looking-for-repository-admin/138983)

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**Author:** [@karei](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/karei)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interested-in-maintaining-plotlylight-jl-looking-for-repository-admin/138983 "2026-08-23T00:38:59Z")

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Hi all, I’m a heavy user of PlotlyLight.jl, but I noticed that the package hasn’t been updated for about nine months. Plotly.js upstream is now at v3.7.0, while PlotlyLight.jl still bundles Plotly.js v3.3.0, which means…

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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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## [Debugger not working](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debugger-not-working/138981)

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**Author:** [@MathMan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MathMan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debugger-not-working/138981 "2026-08-22T17:28:55Z")

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I tried Julia again after some time using MATLAB. However, I cannot get debugging to work in VS Code. When I set a debug point, Julia pauses correctly, but when I remove the breakpoint, Julia will still pause at this bre…

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## [Getting the best out of AI without endangering the community](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/getting-the-best-out-of-ai-without-endangering-the-community/138834)

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**Author:** [@Kolaru](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kolaru)\
**Replies:** 77\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/getting-the-best-out-of-ai-without-endangering-the-community/138834 "2026-08-22T17:07:28Z")

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At this year’s State of Julia talk at JuliaCon, a significant part of the time was dedicated to talking about the effect and usage of agents to write PR to the julialang repository. This came as a surprise to me. I know…

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## [Proposal for TuringRegressions.jl - Bayesian regression model alternative to TuringGLM.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/proposal-for-turingregressions-jl-bayesian-regression-model-alternative-to-turingglm-jl/138815)

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**Author:** [@jalster](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jalster)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/proposal-for-turingregressions-jl-bayesian-regression-model-alternative-to-turingglm-jl/138815 "2026-08-22T12:10:35Z")

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Hi everyone, I would like to propose TuringRegressions.jl - a more fully featured alternative to TuringGLM.jl offering much more of what brms does in R, most notably: correlated random effect slopes, i.e. full support…

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## [\[ANN\] Sparlectra.jl v0.8.2 – transparent AC power-flow and state estimation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-sparlectra-jl-v0-8-2-transparent-ac-power-flow-and-state-estimation/137349)

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**Author:** [@ac\_sch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ac_sch)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-sparlectra-jl-v0-8-2-transparent-ac-power-flow-and-state-estimation/137349 "2026-08-22T09:58:57Z")

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\[ANN\] Sparlectra.jl – transparent AC power-flow and state estimation in Julia Hi everyone, I’d like to announce Sparlectra.jl, a Julia package for transparent power-system calculations, now at v0.8.2. I originally deve…

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## [How to clean Julia logs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-clean-julia-logs/138853)

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**Author:** [@Alex1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alex1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-clean-julia-logs/138853 "2026-08-22T04:31:46Z")

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How can I get clean logs? I want to hide compiling messages and make them use my log formatter not bypass it. Expected: conf | config {now: Date("2026-08-17")} opti | fit started Actual: conf | …

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## [\[ANN\] QuickEnv.jl: Environment manager](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-quickenv-jl-environment-manager/137486)

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**Author:** [@Sariel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sariel)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-quickenv-jl-environment-manager/137486 "2026-08-21T22:56:38Z")

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This package automtically create the environment and installs the needed packages when you run the Julia program (assuming “using QuickEnv” is at the top). Julia also has a neat feature of named environments, and QuickEn…

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## [Restricting the version of an indirect dependency](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/restricting-the-version-of-an-indirect-dependency/138971)

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**Author:** [@GHTaarn](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GHTaarn)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/restricting-the-version-of-an-indirect-dependency/138971 "2026-08-21T21:30:31Z")

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The HTTP package is not in my project file, but I would like to restrict its version and upgrade everything else. I have not been able to find a direct way of doing this, so I upgraded everything, then added it to my pro…

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## [Test utilities in a Revise-friendly module](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/test-utilities-in-a-revise-friendly-module/138967)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/test-utilities-in-a-revise-friendly-module/138967 "2026-08-21T19:52:37Z")

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For complicated packages, I use reasonably complex test utilities, on the level of 500-1k LoC. I would like to move them into their own module that I can track with Revise.jl. Eg in runtests.jl, I want to have using My…

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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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## [\[ANN\] Manopt.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-manopt-jl/24906)

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**Author:** [@kellertuer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kellertuer)\
**Replies:** 56\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-manopt-jl/24906 "2026-08-21T13:52:13Z")

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Manopt.jl provides a framework for optimization on manifolds. Based on Manopt and MVIRT, both implemented in Matlab, this toolbox provide an easy access to optimization methods on manifolds in Julia. If you want to del…

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## [Preparing an antisymmetric matrix of normal numbers as efficiently as possible](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/preparing-an-antisymmetric-matrix-of-normal-numbers-as-efficiently-as-possible/138954)

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**Author:** [@jibe](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jibe)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/preparing-an-antisymmetric-matrix-of-normal-numbers-as-efficiently-as-possible/138954 "2026-08-21T13:25:01Z")

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My goal is to prepare a fully antisymmetric matrix of normal numbers, on a single thread, as efficiently as possible. After numerous manual attempts, here is the best version I could come up with: using BenchmarkTools c…

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## [Presentation of project](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/presentation-of-project/138962)

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**Author:** [@haroldnick0](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/haroldnick0)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/presentation-of-project/138962 "2026-08-21T07:38:23Z")

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Hello everyone, My name is Harold Castro. I am a monitor at the Faculty of Communication and Language. I am participating in a project where we are creating a data narrative using Julia. The project is related to the 9…

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## [Alternative to OOP?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/alternative-to-oop/137543)

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**Author:** [@dolefeast](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dolefeast)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/alternative-to-oop/137543 "2026-08-20T21:26:36Z")

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I’m curious about what the best practice in big packages are. My favorite part about python is OOP, which I don’t find in Julia. I’ve been working for a while on a project that’s gotten fairly big already, and it being p…

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## [Why is dot so slow for small vectors?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-dot-so-slow-for-small-vectors/138950)

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**Author:** [@mwlidar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mwlidar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-dot-so-slow-for-small-vectors/138950 "2026-08-20T15:40:44Z")

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I used LinearAlgebra.dot for small to medium sized vectors but discovered recently that it is much slower for short vectors than an simple for loop. The following code using Printf using LinearAlgebra using BenchmarkToo…

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## [What's all the current development of MTK currently going on related to?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-all-the-current-development-of-mtk-currently-going-on-related-to/138286)

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**Author:** [@mark.garnett](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mark.garnett)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-all-the-current-development-of-mtk-currently-going-on-related-to/138286 "2026-08-20T15:30:40Z")

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I’m seeing a whole lot of commits and minor version increases the past week or two. It seems like a lot of it is internal reworking / refactoring. Just curious to know what it’s all about

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## [State of Audio DSP & Feature Extraction in Julia: Gaps, Priorities, and Future Directions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/state-of-audio-dsp-feature-extraction-in-julia-gaps-priorities-and-future-directions/138722)

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**Author:** [@blah\_blah.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/blah_blah.jl)\
**Replies:** 51\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/state-of-audio-dsp-feature-extraction-in-julia-gaps-priorities-and-future-directions/138722 "2026-08-20T15:24:15Z")

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Hey everyone, ​I’ve been exploring signal processing in Julia and working on some basic DSP and communications tools. As I look into expanding toward audio signal processing, Music Information Retrieval (MIR), and featu…

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## [Space-time FEM for elastic wave propagation — no time stepping](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/space-time-fem-for-elastic-wave-propagation-no-time-stepping/138901)

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**Author:** [@perebalazs](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/perebalazs)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/space-time-fem-for-elastic-wave-propagation-no-time-stepping/138901 "2026-08-20T13:18:31Z")

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I have been experimenting with a simple space-time finite element formulation for 1D elastodynamics, and I thought the example might be interesting for the Numerics category. The problem is an elastic bar immediately af…

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## [Which open-weight LLMs are best at Julia coding?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/which-open-weight-llms-are-best-at-julia-coding/138944)

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**Author:** [@Niv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Niv)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/which-open-weight-llms-are-best-at-julia-coding/138944 "2026-08-20T13:08:16Z")

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Hi all, We’re setting up a self-hosted LLM for coding, and Julia is our primary language. The usual benchmarks (SWE-bench, Aider) barely cover Julia, so published scores don’t help much. I assume that a lot of the fell…

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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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## [Using type parameters in the types of the fields](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-type-parameters-in-the-types-of-the-fields/138790)

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**Author:** [@rokke](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rokke)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-type-parameters-in-the-types-of-the-fields/138790 "2026-08-20T05:48:43Z")

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I’m not a data structures person, so the right answer here might be “you’re doing it wrong, try this instead”; but I’ll start with the immediate question I have: in a recursive type, is it not possible to have the type …

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## [Are there any official SKILLs related to Julia development from the Julia community?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/are-there-any-official-skills-related-to-julia-development-from-the-julia-community/138760)

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**Author:** [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/are-there-any-official-skills-related-to-julia-development-from-the-julia-community/138760 "2026-08-19T22:20:23Z")

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Are there any official SKILLs related to Julia development from the Julia community?

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## [BoF Current Tooling State - Recap](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bof-current-tooling-state-recap/138919)

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**Author:** [@StanLipman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StanLipman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bof-current-tooling-state-recap/138919 "2026-08-19T22:14:16Z")

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First of all, a big thank you to everyone who joined our Birds of a Feather session at JuliaCon 2026! Even with it being very hot both outside and inside, we were really happy to see so many people show up and join the d…

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## [Julia package vs. Juliaup from AUR vs. shell command for Julia install on Arch Linux derivative?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-package-vs-juliaup-from-aur-vs-shell-command-for-julia-install-on-arch-linux-derivative/138817)

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**Author:** [@ducksoverip](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ducksoverip)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-package-vs-juliaup-from-aur-vs-shell-command-for-julia-install-on-arch-linux-derivative/138817 "2026-08-19T12:02:36Z")

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I recently jumped ship from Windows 11 to CachyOS, a derivative distribution of Arch Linux. As such, it uses the Arch package repos and has access to the Arch User Repository. As it stands, I have 3 install options: In…

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## [The climate impacts and ethical considerations of AI use](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-climate-impacts-and-ethical-considerations-of-ai-use/138875)

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**Author:** [@mihalybaci](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mihalybaci)\
**Replies:** 41\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-climate-impacts-and-ethical-considerations-of-ai-use/138875 "2026-08-19T11:51:29Z")

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It is not possible to use AI and LLM tools without endangering the Julia community. I understand that the question is geared towards the online, programming community (such as this forum). But, let’s be real here for a m…

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## [Modelling fiber lasers in Julia as a BVDAE problem](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/modelling-fiber-lasers-in-julia-as-a-bvdae-problem/138925)

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**Author:** [@mich](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mich)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/modelling-fiber-lasers-in-julia-as-a-bvdae-problem/138925 "2026-08-19T10:16:50Z")

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Hello, I am trying to model a fiber laser using Julia. I’ve managed to simulate an amplifier which is an initial value DAE problem, now i need to extend the code to a BVDAE problem to handle different laser resonator ar…

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