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## [Specialization on vararg of types](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/specialization-on-vararg-of-types/108251)

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**Author:** [@MilesCranmer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MilesCranmer)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/specialization-on-vararg-of-types/108251 "2026-03-04T17:05:18Z")

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How do I get Julia to specialize to Vararg{Type}? The docs say: As a heuristic, Julia avoids automatically specializing on argument type parameters in three specific cases: Type, Function, and Vararg. However, they …

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## [Precompilation error with Catalyst (Circular dependency)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompilation-error-with-catalyst-circular-dependency/136013)

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**Author:** [@Luca\_Maria\_Moccia](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luca_Maria_Moccia)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompilation-error-with-catalyst-circular-dependency/136013 "2026-03-04T16:23:37Z")

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Hello everyone, I am currently working on a biology modeling project for my Master’s internship, using an environment provided by my lab. When trying to load our local package (which depends heavily on the SciML ecosys…

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## [\[ANN\] cuTile.jl: Tile-based GPU programming for CUDA GPUs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-cutile-jl-tile-based-gpu-programming-for-cuda-gpus/136011)

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**Author:** [@maleadt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maleadt)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-cutile-jl-tile-based-gpu-programming-for-cuda-gpus/136011 "2026-03-04T16:21:45Z")

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I’m happy to announce an initial release of cuTile.jl, a new JuliaGPU package that makes it possible to program (Blackwell) NVIDIA GPUs using a tile-based abstraction by NVIDIA. This simplifies writing kernels, because y…

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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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## [Generating JuliaC libraries on Windows](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/generating-juliac-libraries-on-windows/135865)

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**Author:** [@JackC](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JackC)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/generating-juliac-libraries-on-windows/135865 "2026-03-04T14:24:08Z")

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Hi all, I have been trying to use the new JuliaC capabilities in 1.12 (currently on 1.12.5). I have been able to compile executable binaries with some success, however I haven’t been able to successfully compile C calla…

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## [MTK with MonteCarloMeasurements Error](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mtk-with-montecarlomeasurements-error/135988)

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**Author:** [@optimal\_georg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/optimal_georg)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mtk-with-montecarlomeasurements-error/135988 "2026-03-04T14:05:21Z")

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Hi out there! I am trying to use MonteCarloMeasurements.jl together with MTK to solve a differential equation with uncertain parameters. using ModelingToolkit, DifferentialEquations using MonteCarloMeasurements using C…

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## [Juliaup breakes GMT (via Ghostscript and tmp dir permissions)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-breakes-gmt-via-ghostscript-and-tmp-dir-permissions/136003)

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**Author:** [@joa-quim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/joa-quim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-breakes-gmt-via-ghostscript-and-tmp-dir-permissions/136003 "2026-03-04T12:03:24Z")

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All started when I decided to tell students to follow the official installing recommendations of using juliaup to install Julia. No problems in this first step (other than the slowness as comparing to install using the m…

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## [Extensions, world age and generated function](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extensions-world-age-and-generated-function/135961)

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**Author:** [@epilliat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/epilliat)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 8:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extensions-world-age-and-generated-function/135961 "2026-03-04T08:44:48Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m writing a package with extensions and ran into a world age issue. The problem is the same as in JuliaLang/julia#19942 and related to this discourse thread. Minimal example function bar end @generat…

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## [IndirectArray indexing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/indirectarray-indexing/135974)

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**Author:** [@magister-ludi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/magister-ludi)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/indirectarray-indexing/135974 "2026-03-03T22:53:59Z")

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I have a PNG file that loads as an IndirectArray with an eltype of RGB{N0f8}: I use the following code: using FileIO using ImageIO function f() img = load("mwe.png") @show typeof(img) return img\[1\] end C…

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## [Speed up dockerization](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/speed-up-dockerization/135971)

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**Author:** [@ohmsweetohm1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ohmsweetohm1)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/speed-up-dockerization/135971 "2026-03-03T21:52:28Z")

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I am deploying Julia code using docker. In order to speed up the startup of the container I build a package using PackageCompiler.jl. However this is painfully slow, as it rebuilds everything even if I change one line i…

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## [Performance of Pigeons.jl's AutoMALA on correlated targets](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/performance-of-pigeons-jls-automala-on-correlated-targets/135976)

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**Author:** [@ysfoo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ysfoo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/performance-of-pigeons-jls-automala-on-correlated-targets/135976 "2026-03-03T20:13:27Z")

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I’ve seen Pigeons.jl advocated a few times here as a promising tool for parallel tempering. The package makes use of AutoMALA as a general-purpose sampler, instead of the popular NUTS sampler. The AutoMALA paper claims t…

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## [Scientific Computing Careers in the Age of AI](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/scientific-computing-careers-in-the-age-of-ai/135881)

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**Author:** [@Leibniz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Leibniz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/scientific-computing-careers-in-the-age-of-ai/135881 "2026-03-03T20:02:24Z")

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(I am not sure whether questions like these are allowed here) Hi everyone. What is our opinion on the future of scientific computing careers? Given that AI has become so good at writing code, finding bugs, and optimizi…

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## [\[ANN\] AcceleratedKernels.jl - Cross-architecture parallel algorithms for Julia's GPU backends](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-acceleratedkernels-jl-cross-architecture-parallel-algorithms-for-julias-gpu-backends/119698)

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**Author:** [@anicusan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anicusan)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-acceleratedkernels-jl-cross-architecture-parallel-algorithms-for-julias-gpu-backends/119698 "2026-03-03T18:28:45Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m excited to announce the first public release of AcceleratedKernels.jl, a high-performance library of parallel algorithm building blocks for the Julia ecosystem, targeting: Multithreaded CPUs, and GPUs…

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## [Wglmakie no longer working in Pluto](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wglmakie-no-longer-working-in-pluto/129182)

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**Author:** [@Christopher\_Fisher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Christopher_Fisher)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wglmakie-no-longer-working-in-pluto/129182 "2026-03-03T16:24:29Z")

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I am encountering an error with WGLMakie.jl in Pluto.jl. WGLMakie was working for quite some time until I updated my packages. Now it freezes and outputs the error message below in the terminal. I tried reverting back to…

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## [\[ANN\] StructuralVibration.jl - v1.0.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-structuralvibration-jl-v1-0-0/133413)

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**Author:** [@Maucejo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Maucejo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-structuralvibration-jl-v1-0-0/133413 "2026-03-03T15:16:55Z")

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After some months of hard work, I am thrilled to announce the release of the v1 of StructuralVibration.jl. In this release, I have polished the API to be consistent across the package, but also with SciML conventions. B…

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## [Update to julia flux deep learning examples project](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/update-to-julia-flux-deep-learning-examples-project/135991)

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**Author:** [@Stergios\_Papadimitri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Stergios_Papadimitri)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/update-to-julia-flux-deep-learning-examples-project/135991 "2026-03-03T11:58:15Z")

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I like to announce the translation to Julia of many examples from the book: “Machine Learning” of Sergios Theodoridis, with the project:

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## [How to ensure reproducibility when using CUDA.rand()?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-ensure-reproducibility-when-using-cuda-rand/135987)

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**Author:** [@WG-ZHENG](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WG-ZHENG)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 9:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-ensure-reproducibility-when-using-cuda-rand/135987 "2026-03-03T09:19:32Z")

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It seems that it is not supported to pass a specified rng as argument to rand in CUDA.jl. The codes below raise an error: using CUDA rng = CUDA.RNG(42) a = CUDA.rand(rng, 1) ERROR: MethodError: no method matching rand…

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## [How to plot a unfilled histogram (stairs) in Makie?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-plot-a-unfilled-histogram-stairs-in-makie/135977)

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**Author:** [@Abhro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Abhro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-plot-a-unfilled-histogram-stairs-in-makie/135977 "2026-03-03T03:28:16Z")

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If I have a pre-fiitted histogram, how would I plot an unfilled histogram with Makie.jl? I can use hist and stephist for the raw data, but I’m not sure what to do about a Histogram object from StatsBase.jl Example: usi…

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## [Using PlutoLinks @ingredients with Julia Modules: Gotcha and Workaround](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-plutolinks-ingredients-with-julia-modules-gotcha-and-workaround/135940)

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**Author:** [@gluque](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gluque)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-plutolinks-ingredients-with-julia-modules-gotcha-and-workaround/135940 "2026-03-02T19:42:45Z")

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While setting up a Pluto notebook that depends on helper functions defined in an external script, I ran into a subtle behavior of PlutoLinks.@ingredients that’s worth documenting. The goal I wanted to keep reusable fun…

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## [Symbolics.jl simplify exp(0) to 1](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbolics-jl-simplify-exp-0-to-1/135970)

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**Author:** [@jhai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jhai)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbolics-jl-simplify-exp-0-to-1/135970 "2026-03-02T18:47:55Z")

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I’m trying to check a system of linear differential equations using symbolic variables: X'(t)=R(\\alpha)X(t) This is my code using Symbolics using SymbolicUtils using LinearAlgebra @variables α t R = \[cos(α) -sin(α);…

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## [How to add labels to grid of tricontourf! in GLMakie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-labels-to-grid-of-tricontourf-in-glmakie/135962)

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**Author:** [@Christopher\_Fisher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Christopher_Fisher)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-labels-to-grid-of-tricontourf-in-glmakie/135962 "2026-03-02T18:32:01Z")

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I am trying to add row and column labels to a grid of plots below. I am trying to adapt the solution here for my use case, but the plots are too small relative to the entire figure. using GLMakie x = randn(50) y = rand…

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## [What is the canon way to randomly draw one (or more) parameter sets from a sampled distribution?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-canon-way-to-randomly-draw-one-or-more-parameter-sets-from-a-sampled-distribution/135935)

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**Author:** [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-canon-way-to-randomly-draw-one-or-more-parameter-sets-from-a-sampled-distribution/135935 "2026-03-02T17:48:15Z")

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Using turing I have done n\_steps = 1000 n\_chains = 4 chain = sample(model, NUTS(), MCMCThreads(), n\_steps, n\_chains) I can plot the output using plot(chain) However, if I want to draw a random parameter set to do …

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## [Why isn't julia broadcasting through my function](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-isnt-julia-broadcasting-through-my-function/135959)

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**Author:** [@atteson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/atteson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-isnt-julia-broadcasting-through-my-function/135959 "2026-03-02T16:45:44Z")

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Why isn’t julia broadcasting through the function f2 below: f1(x) = "scalar" Base.broadcasted( ::typeof(f1), x ) = "broadcasted" x = randn(10); f1.(x) f2(x) = f1(x) f2.(x) I would like f2.(x) to return "broadcasted".…

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## [How to display PlotlyJS plots in browser (instead of Electron window)?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-display-plotlyjs-plots-in-browser-instead-of-electron-window/60451)

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**Author:** [@RastislavMirek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RastislavMirek)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-display-plotlyjs-plots-in-browser-instead-of-electron-window/60451 "2026-03-02T15:08:46Z")

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I am using PlotlyJS (directly, not as a backend to Plots), to display plots in Electron window (via Blink). I would like to display those plots in a browser instead. Obviously, it’s possible because Plots can do it when …

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## [World age warning (no @eval) on constructor of different dispatch](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/world-age-warning-no-eval-on-constructor-of-different-dispatch/135947)

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**Author:** [@cnaak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cnaak)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/world-age-warning-no-eval-on-constructor-of-different-dispatch/135947 "2026-03-02T14:51:51Z")

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Updated to julia-1.12 and started a new package. As soon as I defined my first struct with more than one external constructor (nothing fancy, no @evals), I’ve got the world age warning (future error). MWE: struct examp…

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## [Argument-specific docstrings or comments](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/argument-specific-docstrings-or-comments/32189)

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**Author:** [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/argument-specific-docstrings-or-comments/32189 "2026-03-02T14:15:52Z")

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I think it would be great if there was some official syntax for specifying a docstring directly for function arguments. “Official”, as in, the information should be readable by third-party packages like Juno, to build to…

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## [Best practices for testing numerical results that are unstable across package versions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-practices-for-testing-numerical-results-that-are-unstable-across-package-versions/135847)

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**Author:** [@jakobjpeters](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jakobjpeters)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-practices-for-testing-numerical-results-that-are-unstable-across-package-versions/135847 "2026-03-02T12:37:47Z")

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My team is using OrdinaryDiffEq.jl and several other numerical packages, where we are testing a variety of solver results to be within some tolerance. On multiple occasions, some of these tests have begun to fail after u…

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## [What is still needed to get PlutoDesktop off the ground?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-still-needed-to-get-plutodesktop-off-the-ground/135623)

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**Author:** [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-still-needed-to-get-plutodesktop-off-the-ground/135623 "2026-03-02T12:22:09Z")

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It seems to me that PlutoDesktop would be the simplest way to get people using Julia without all the normal setup friction and a silver bullet for Julia adoption. Pluto is already being used very successfully for teachin…

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## [Why does transform default to ungroup=true?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-transform-default-to-ungroup-true/92544)

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**Author:** [@jar1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jar1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-transform-default-to-ungroup-true/92544 "2026-03-02T10:54:07Z")

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In DataFrames, why does transform default to ungroup=true?

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## [Makie density() and datetime](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-density-and-datetime/135955)

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**Author:** [@mahmah](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mahmah)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-density-and-datetime/135955 "2026-03-02T08:25:13Z")

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Is there an easy way to get a density from a DateTime vector in Makie? Thanks!

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