Releasing code without data
for legal reasons
By Faith Okamoto
For those readers who care about the ongoing “Faith loves Project Hail Mary”
storyline, I’ve now watched it five times :D
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👋🏽 My CV is available. 👋🏽
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Not every speedup is snazzy
An optimization is an optimization
By Faith OkamotoI’ve been doing optimizations because my code that used to be winning on speed is now losing on speed. Or, actually, it was half-winning last I checked, but that was after several rounds of optimizations. Thought I’d write on it. [Read More] -
Maybe it should do less
an ode to simplicity
By Faith OkamotoYeah, I work on the behemoth that is vg, but this post is about the benefits of task-specific tools. Instead of a be-all end-all multi-functional soup. [Read More] -
Code is for running, not just reading
(though reading is important)
By Faith OkamotoI usually start my published code critiques by copying the previous post, just to get the formatting, which means I’m now noticing that last month’s critique was after the first time I watched Project Hail Mary. I’ve now watched it thrice. You may not have guessed that this bioinformatics PhD... [Read More] -
Self-documenting data files
Not just code should be usable
By Faith OkamotoI recently achieved that unicorn of collaborative science code: I passed off a section of my work to someone who’d never touched it before, and she figured it out without more than me just pointing her at my files. Thus, I thought I should write about a key component of... [Read More]