# \#advice

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/tag/advice/1354.md

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## [How to keep Julia dependencies precompiled between terminal sessions?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-keep-julia-dependencies-precompiled-between-terminal-sessions/135841)

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**Author:** [@Farouk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Farouk)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-keep-julia-dependencies-precompiled-between-terminal-sessions/135841 "2026-02-26T10:50:20Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m developing a Julia-based simulation model that runs from the terminal (no UI). Each time I execute the script, it precompiles all dependencies, which takes quite a long time (around 8 minutes). Is t…

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## [How to properly nest parametrically typed structs while using @kwdef](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-properly-nest-parametrically-typed-structs-while-using-kwdef/131036)

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**Author:** [@askprash](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/askprash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-properly-nest-parametrically-typed-structs-while-using-kwdef/131036 "2025-07-24T23:29:59Z")

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How to use @kwdef with parametric structs and default constructors? I’m trying to understand how to best use @kwdef with parametric structs in Julia, particularly when I want to define some default constructors and have …

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## [Structural\_simplify not working on tiered model](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/structural-simplify-not-working-on-tiered-model/114428)

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**Author:** [@HSnowden](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HSnowden)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/structural-simplify-not-working-on-tiered-model/114428 "2024-05-18T13:40:31Z")

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Hello, For contect: I am building a model using ModellingToolkit that has layers of connections as each component within the overall ODE will be built at runtime from symbolics equations etc. I have built this model wi…

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## [How can we create more basic Enzyme custom rules?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-we-create-more-basic-enzyme-custom-rules/112174)

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**Author:** [@ToPo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ToPo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-we-create-more-basic-enzyme-custom-rules/112174 "2024-03-27T15:37:37Z")

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I am trying to create custom rules for Enzyme. I looked at the examples on Enzyme’s official website, but unfortunately could not fully understand them due to difficulty. As a very simple example to try, I created a pr…

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## [Hi, I'm in need of some life advice](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hi-im-in-need-of-some-life-advice/108850)

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**Author:** [@awesomepossum](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/awesomepossum)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hi-im-in-need-of-some-life-advice/108850 "2024-01-18T05:40:46Z")

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okay so I don’t have a job (I’m a minor) and I keep finding myself in need of some money. i like coding but i can’t get a job and i personally love foss and 100% support privacy oriented views; that’s also why i hate scu…

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## [Compute intensive function rewrite](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compute-intensive-function-rewrite/102809)

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**Author:** [@BioinfoBuggaBoo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BioinfoBuggaBoo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compute-intensive-function-rewrite/102809 "2023-08-15T05:08:50Z")

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I have been using a package in R that really only has one main function which does a lot behind the scenes of which a portion is prohibitively slow to the point where the timescales involved are far too long to ever achi…

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## [What is it like being a (Julia) research software engineer?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-it-like-being-a-julia-research-software-engineer/98922)

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**Author:** [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-it-like-being-a-julia-research-software-engineer/98922 "2023-05-17T22:55:25Z")

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Context After defending my PhD in machine learning & optimization last December, I started a rather theoretical postdoc on similar topics. Now I’m wondering what to do next, whether inside or outside of the academic wor…