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CodeRefinery @coderefinery.org · 02/09/2026

🚀 Less than three weeks until the next CodeRefinery workshop! Join us to explore reproducible computational research and practical tools for better research. 👋 🔗 coderefinery.github.io/2026-09-22-w... 📅 Watch this space as we introduce the lessons one by one over the coming days. #OpenScience

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Online CodeRefinery workshop September-October 2026

Registration page for the CodeRefinery workshop September-October 2026 To complete your registration, you need to enter your registration details by clicking the "Register now" button below. You may…

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Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you are an RSE who wants to know or already knows how to do reproducible research but wants to get better, this is the workshop: Reproducible Research for RSEs: How to, and How to Support Others to 9 September 2026, 09:00–16:00 BST Online · Satellite event of RSECon26 buff.ly/51C0XOR

The Turing Way-Collaboration, Project Design, Reproducibility, Communication and outreach, ethics: Too easy not to do

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CodeRefinery @coderefinery.org · 18/08/2026

Beyond workshops, CodeRefinery is a community of research software enthusiasts. Ask questions, discuss tools, and exchange experiences around research software development and teaching, share/find job ads and events in our Zulip chat. -> coderefinery.zulipchat.com #communitychat #RSEng

Zulip sidebar showing community discussion channels on research software engineering, AI in research, AI ethics, and documentation.

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Samantha Wittke @samumantha.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Registration is open for our September workshop:

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Ehud Karavani @ehudk.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

one inescapable truth of modern science conduct is that if you're a researcher then you're a software engineer. but if you make the most out of it, it can make you a better researcher. just had to get some stuff out of the system and into yours 🫶 ehud.co/blog/2026/01...

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Research ❤️ Software Development | Ehud Karavani

In a world where science becomes inseparable from coding, code becomes king.

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Samantha Wittke @samumantha.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Always fascinated by the number of people we can reach these days 😯 Big shout-out to everyone involved in and supporting the project, we could not do this without you! ♥️ I hope that in the future we can expand on the classroom approach: streamed workshop with local support; best of both worlds!

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CSCfi @csc.fi · 23/03/2026

CSC is working with lecturers and professors across Finnish HEIs to ensure that students can integrate CSC trainings into their study plans and earn credits. 🎓 The goal is to replicate the model now in use with @aalto.fi at other institutions 🔗 csc.fi/en/blog/cscs... @coderefinery.org

Aalto University’s new Scientific Computing Skills course brings together existing training offered by Aalto, CSC and collaborative initiatives like CodeRefinery and packs them into a coherent and useful whole.

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CSCfi @csc.fi · 10/03/2026

CSC Ambassadors Meetup brought 40 ambassadors and 20 CSC experts together in Espoo to share insights and tackle common research support challenges. Stronger networks, clearer guidance on data, HPC & training, plus new joint actions ahead. 🤝 Read the blog post 🔗 csc.fi/en/news/amba...

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step-up.bsky.social @step-up.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Apply now: STEP‑UP dRTP Placements! 1–3 month funded roles to build skills in research software, data & computing infrastructure. Open to dRTPs at Imperial, King’s, UCL, Westminster, plus UK PhDs/postdocs. Up to £15,550 funding. Learn more & apply: step-up.ac.uk/placements/

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STEP-UP placements

Developing a Strategic TEchnical Platform for University technical Professionals

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Nordic-RSE @nordic-rse.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Come join us at the Nordic RSE Conference 2026, Tromsø, Norway, on June 9-10, 2026. Keynote speakers: * Dr Mihaela Duta, University of Oxford * Assoc. Prof. Dr Elisabeth Wetzer, UiT Registration and call for abstracts is now open! For more details, visit: nordic-rse.org/nrse2026

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2026 Nordic-RSE Conference

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Michael Donnay @mjdonnay.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

We need your help! Over the last decade, the @softwaresaved.bsky.social and partners have collected heaps of data on the research software community. Now we want to know how you’d put that data to use. In fact, we’re so eager to know that we’re offering a prize for the best data analysis.

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RSE Data Competition | Software Sustainability Institute

We need your help! We’ve got heaps of data on the research software community but want to know how you’d put that data to use.

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Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

You have an amazing open science project or endeavour but did it reach the right audience? The OSPARK Bootcamp helps you turn good work into visible and community-driven impact. And there’s only one day left to apply. 6 weeks online + a 2-day onsite workshop in Belfast buff.ly/GmzjxBu

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BioExcel CoE @bioexcelcoe.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Interested in best practices for creating and maintaining reproducible workflows for biomolecular simulations? Join us for our #webinar 🗓️ 17 February 2026, 15:00 CET ✍️ bioexcel.eu/7c2s #molecularsimulations #workflows #FAIR #SoftwareEngineering @coderefinery.org

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Samantha Wittke @samumantha.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I learned so much through this event and it was a true pleasure to talk about our @coderefinery.org and @nordic-rse.bsky.social Zulip chat and share some tipps and tricks learned over the years!

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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Find out more about the open-source community platform Zulip in our latest blog post, a recap of the Tools Trial we held on Wednesday: www.cscce.org/2026/01/23/z...

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Zulip Tools Trial Recap - Find out more about this open-source community platform! - CSCCE

A recap of our Zulip Tools Trial which took place on Wednesday, 21 January 2026 - resources, recordings, and more!

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Samantha Wittke @samumantha.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Last chance to apply for travel funding for the meetup of Research Software Engineering Enthusiasts in Finland in February is tomorrow. Tell your friends! 🙌

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 17/12/2025

📣 New for #RSECon26! We’re launching a Research Software submission route! 🎉 Have software ready for publication? Submit to @joss-openjournals.bsky.social as part of RSECon26. Accepted or pre-reviewed papers get JOSS+RSECon26 branding and a 15-min talk. More info: tinyurl.com/rsecon26joss

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Research Software Submissions

Research Software Papers @RSECon26 1-Rationale As part of the RSECon26 conference vision, we are launching the RSECon26 research software submissions. The goal of this new submission is to encourage…

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Institute for Research Software @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

🟥 We are pleased to announce that the call for Expressions of Interest for Round 2 of the Research Software Maintenance Fund will open on Wed 28 Jan 2026. This round will accept applications for grants up to £150k and a duration of up to 12 months. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/rsmf-ro...

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ELIXIR Europe @elixir-europe.org · 12/12/2025

Research software is important in driving scientific innovation. 💡 Join the #ELIXIR_STEERS policy event to discuss: 💪 challenges & opportunities in treating #researchsoftware as a first-class research output and 🙌 the impact of #FAIRprinciples. 🔗 loom.ly/eZL9Gkk

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Samantha Wittke @samumantha.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Are you involved in writing, maintaining or supporting research software and interested in sharing your work / experiences and networking with others like you? Join us on Feb 2-3 2026 in Espoo! 🇫🇮 We have some travel funding available for people outside the capital region, apply now ♥️ #RSEng 👇

Flyer showing a summary of the RSE-FI meetup in text + Aalto Scientific Computing, Nordic-RSE, Society of RSE and Software Sustainability Institute in the bottom. Includes a QR code leading to the website which includes all information presented on they flyer and more: https://aaltoscicomp.github.io/NoBSC/

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Ella Kaye @ellakaye.co.uk · 09/12/2025

I wrote a long thread about contributing to base R, highlighting the resources and opportunities provided by the R Contribution Working Group. contributor.r-project.org #RStats

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R Contributor Site – R Contributor

A site for people interested in contributing to R core - the code and documentation that gets distributed as base R.

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CodeRefinery @coderefinery.org · 27/11/2025

Save the date: The next CodeRefinery workshop is coming 17.-19. and 24.-26. of March 2026 ! We are now updating materials, gathering interest for instructors, helpers and local classroom hosts: Wanna join? -> e-mail support@coderefinery.org

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Radovan Bast @radovan.xyz · 26/11/2025

Diátaxis is an amazing resource that I recommend to everyone writing documentation or tutorials: diataxis.fr I find myself returning to it every few weeks, and each time I learn something new. #documentation

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Diátaxis

Diátaxis is a widely-adopted, pragmatic and systematic approach to thinking about and creating documentation.

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Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Dr. Heidi Seibold is speaking at TEDxTUM 2025! 🎤 She’s asking: How do we make science serve its purpose again? If you care about Open Science & better research culture — this talk is for you. 📅 Nov 8, 2025 🎟️ Discounted tickets: buff.ly/UGx2t6t #TEDxTUM #OpenScience #ResearchCulture

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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Now I'm also looking for a research software engineer to implement a pile of research results to R packages loo, posterior, bayesplot, projpred, priorsense, brms or/and Python packages ArviZ, Bambi and Kulprit. Apply by email with no specific deadline (see contact info at users.aalto.fi/~ave/)

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EVERSE @eosc-everse.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

🚀 Build sustainable, reproducible research software! Learn principles & hands-on practices of open, high-quality, scientific software development at the S³ School 🗓️ 14–21 January 2026, #LAPP, Annecy🇫🇷 📅 Apply by 14 Nov: indico.in2p3.fr/event/36319 Supported by #EVERSE & @oscarsproject.bsky.social

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Nordic-RSE @nordic-rse.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🎉 Happy international RSE day from the Nordics! We have got some exciting events brewing for the future, including the Nordic Basic Scientific Computing days (No BS Computing) in Otaniemi, FI, in February and the 3rd Nordic-RSE conference in Tromsø, NO in June.

Purple Nordic-RSE text under half a snowflake in pixel style surrounded by the sentence "happy international RSE day".

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Pascal Mamassian @mamassian.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue. The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea. From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...

An array of 9 purple discs on a blue background. Figure from Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt.

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CodeRefinery @coderefinery.org · 27/08/2025

📣 Registration for the CodeRefinery workshop starting September 9th is still open. 🤝 Dive into Git and other tools for more reproducible research, with setup support and a shell crash course in the mix - designed for researchers, by researchers. More info: coderefinery.github.io/2025-09-09-w...

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CodeRefinery workshop September/October 2025

Free workshop on git, testing, documentation, and more in a workshop - for researchers and scientists.

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Institute for Research Software @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

🇸🇪 The second Nordic-RSE in-person conference took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the end of May. Find out more about the event through the words of #SSIFellow @samumantha.bsky.social in this blog originally posted on the Nordic RSE website: www.software.ac.uk/blog/nordic-...

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Samantha Wittke @samumantha.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Thank you for having me! It was an exciting visit and great pleasure to talk about @coderefinery.org and @nordic-rse.bsky.social and all the discussions around training, HPC and Research Software!

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Samantha Wittke @samumantha.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Great first day! First Minisymposium on Research Software quality showed how work done within Elixir can reach beyond life science communities via projects like @eosc-everse.bsky.social ! Can't wait to see where this is going 🤩

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 28/05/2025

It's great to see that a national research evaluation organization, the Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO), has rated @joss-openjournals.bsky.social as level 1, recognizing its scholarly value Frankie Robertson helped make this happen, with Nordic-RSE, & wrote about it: nordic-rse.org/blog/joss-ju...

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JOSS re-evaluated as JUFO 1 in Finland, expands its definition - Nordic RSE

We bring together the community of people writing and contributing to research software from Nordic universities, research institutes, companies and other organizations to share knowledge, to organize...

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Samantha Wittke @samumantha.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Engaging talks and a lovely crowd. So happy to have found "my people" that I get to learn so much from every day ❤️ Thanks to other organizers and all participants for making this a fantastic event! Blog posts and some pictures will follow ✨

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Nordic-RSE @nordic-rse.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The Nordic-RSE conference 2025 #NRSE25 has officially started!!! ✨ We are excited to welcome ~45 delegates from all over the Nordics (and even beyond) at Göteborg university!

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Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

📯 Free online workshop announcement! Successful & Beautiful Poster Presentations, Tina Lang "Scientific posters are an integral part of presenting your research. However, condensing all findings on just one canvas is truly challenging...

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Successful & Beautiful Poster Presentations

Scientific posters are an integral part of presenting your research. However, condensing all findings on just one canvas is truly challenging. This 1h crash course is designed for graduate and post gr...

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Arielle Bennett @arielleb.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

"If someone has opened the door for you, make sure to keep it open." @malvikasharan.bsky.social #CollabW25 Really enjoyed the opening panel this morning, thank you to all the panellists for their insights!

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Samantha Wittke @samumantha.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Last call, especially for people in the area around Göteborg: Join us on 20.+21.05.2025 for the second in-person Nordic-RSE conference to meet fellow research software enthusiasts and hear about cool tools and projects.

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Julia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca · 22/04/2025

types of terminal programs wizardzines.com/comics/types...

sometimes annoying things happen in the terminal:

why doesn’t Ctrl+C quit??
why can’t I select text?

these things aren’t random: different “types” of programs have different conventions for how you interact with them!

here are some categories of programs & their conventions!
1. REPLs

(python3, your shell)
you type code, press Enter and it runs the code

rules:

quit with Ctrl+D (only works on an empty line)
usually you have a million keyboard shortcuts for editing text
usually there’s history

2. full screen “TUI”s

(less, htop, ncdu, lazygit, mtr)

rules:

quit with q (usually)
you can often navigate with arrow keys
often ? will open the help
to select text with the mouse, press Shift

3. noninteractive programs

or slightly interactive
(grep, git, sort, scp)

you start it, maybe it asks you a question or two, it does stuff, and it exits

rules:

quit with Ctrl+C

4. wrappers

(ssh, env, tmux, rlwrap, unbuffer)
these wrap other terminal programs in some way

rules:

when the program(s) they’re wrapping exits, they exit

5. other

lots of things don’t fit info these 4 categories: text editors, games, email clients, IRC clients, …

rules:

I avoid these unless (like with vim) I’ve made a special effort to learn the program

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 16/04/2025

"But the most highly cited papers generally aren’t the most famous scientific discoveries. Rather, these works tend to describe scientific methods or software, the workhorses on which scientists depend." From doi.org/10.1038/d415... #ResearchSoftware

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Exclusive: the most-cited papers of the twenty-first century

A Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

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Samantha Wittke @samumantha.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

So happy to see our work come together this way! 🤩✨🚀 LiPheStream: 458 single tree #LiDAR point cloud time series from Hyytiälä, Finland (doi.org/10.1038/s415...) Browse and download single tree data via pytreedb : pytreedb.geog.uni-heidelberg.de Big thanks to everyone making this possible 🙌

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Nordic-RSE @nordic-rse.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

📢 Abstract submissions for the Nordic-RSE Conference 2025 are now closed—thank you to everyone who submitted! 🎉 But it's not too late to contribute — poster submissions are still open until April 18th! Share your work with the community. Info on website: nordic-rse.org/nrse2025/ #NRSE25 #RSEng

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2025 Nordic-RSE conference

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CodeRefinery @coderefinery.org · 28/03/2025

Week 1 of the workshop is done—on to week 2! Missed a session? Catch up on YouTube; all materials on our website (see comments) Next week: ⚡ Tue: Reproducible research & social coding ⚡ Wed: Jupyter & documentation ⚡ Thu: Modular code & automated testing Each session is self-contained. Join us!

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CodeRefinery @coderefinery.org · 25/03/2025

We are now live on twitch: twitch.tv/coderefinery You can still register to interact with the instructors via collaborative notes: coderefinery.github.io/2025-03-25-w...

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CodeRefinery 2025 Spring - day 1 (git-intro part 1)

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Institute for Research Software @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

🔴 Listen to SSI director @npch.bsky.social discuss the Research Software Maintenance Fund on the latest episode of the @sustainoss.bsky.social podcast. You can also find out about the RSMF at www.software.ac.uk/programmes/r...

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