As one of the persons behind ModernJuliaWorkflows, I can only agree with @Nathan_Boyer that the ideal format would be additional documentation.
I will outline some of the reasons (more or less valid) that made me choose a blog post instead. Note that I am open to discussion and that nothing is set in stone yet.
Scale
With this project, we’re simultaneously trying to hit a very narrow target (only workflow tools, no domain-specific advice) and a very broad one (all the workflow tools ever created). The corresponding content in the Julia documentation is scattered across many different pages: getting started, documentation, performance tips, workflow tips, FAQ and a whole lot more. Updating all of this in a coherent and synchronous manner, without duplicates or contradiction, would result in a humongous PR, that no one would want to review, and it would take literal months.
Centralizing the content in a small blog allows a few writers (for now including @jacobusmmsmit, Adrian Hill and myself) to get it up and running much more easily, until we reach a coherent result. After that, nothing would make me happier than seeing people turn the content of the blog into documentation pages, perhaps in smaller chunks. Consider my permission granted to copy everything from there into the official docs (I’ll also add it to the blog front page).
Modernity
The claim “Modern Julia Workflows” can only hold true for a limited period of time. New packages emerge monthly, and keeping such a list up-to-date is, again, a huge endeavor that I don’t want to commit to.
Many parts in the Julia documentation are outdated but not marked as such. The upside of a blog post is that there is a timestamp: “this was the state of the art in the summer of 2023, but maybe things have changed since then”.
Recognition
I spend lots of time contributing to the Julia ecosystem, and as most of us know, it’s a thankless job. Especially in academia, where open source development is not regarded as worthy of our time or effort. So I must admit, having my name on a blog post (instead of an obscure docs PR) was a sweet and motivating prospect. That is definitely a questionable motive, but 