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Madhusudan 🦉 Katti @leafwarbler.myatproto.social · 28/11/2025

“First, reduce “statistical machismo”, or the tendency to adopt and advocate for more complex approaches for their own sake rather than because they are the best tool for the job”… I mean… I am glad to see this piece out in Frontiers. Ecologists must consider why we do what we do in the 1st place!

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

What we liked: Good Habit 1: validate with simulated truth. Less common that it should be, and very useful to avoid mission creep by making you more intential about your model. 5/

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Which led us to wonder, who was this paper for? It didn't map on clearly to how we model, and unfortunately assumed a lot of familiarity with the experimentalist’s workflow that many of the team did not have. It would have benefited from a clearer worked example. 4/

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Within our group we identified a third workflow that is a mix of the two described: (3) A workflow that is devised first via theory, but it is then fit to data. we decided this is both the most common for us and a more natural fit for thinking like an experimentalist. 3/

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The author sets up two modelling workflows: (1) "An analytical workflow that begins with data, proceeds through code and ends with a particular conclusion", and (2) "A theoretical workflow that begins with ideas, proceeds through code and ends with a general conclusion about the concepts". 2/

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Nerea Piñeiro-Juncal @npjuncal.eurosky.social · 26/11/2025

We have the publication associated to the BlueCarbon library! Very happy with the review process and transparency of @joss-openjournals.bsky.social Please cite this article if your are one of the more than 1700 downloads of the package :D bsky.app/profile/joss...

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Yes good points. It wouldn’t break the old code but (perhaps worse) it would redefine what the output value means. As I write this I think it occurs to me to add another item in the output list with the new value which would mean a user to keep using it as before as well

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

What's the best way to go about this? I don't want to break old code, but this is based on updated best practice. Is releasing it as a new version with an update in the NEWS enough? @njtierney.bsky.social @bharrap.bsky.social ...

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

R dev friends - I am updating a package that implements an analytical method. The update will mean a fundamental change in the outputs compared to the current version of the pkg (but is based on consult with experts).

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Saoirse Kelleher @saoirsekelleher.eco · 03/10/2025

Do you run or participate in a code club at your institution, or are you interested in starting one but don’t know where to begin? @cecibaldoni.bsky.social and I are leading an ‘unconference’ discussion at @sortee.bsky.social’s virtual conference on October 16 - come share some tips and ideas!

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Very excited to be travelling to Melbourne to speak at WOMBAT2025 about community building & code review. Really looking forward to reconnecting with old friends and new. 🙌

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

🙌 wonderful work leading this @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social, @eivimeycook.bsky.social, and @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social. Transparency with open data and code sharing is a critical first step in the quality control pipeline for research code.

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

very excited to be joining the Research Software Asia Australia conference this week #RSAA25 Speaking tomorrow "Piloting peer code review in a research consortium community of practice". Happy to be meeting with like minds 🥳

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Sara Wickstrom @sarawickstrom.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word 🙏 jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...

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Computational image analyst (m/f/d)

The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster, Germany, has an opening for a

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

A couple throwback pics from past scientific lives courtesy of downloading my twitter archive ~ PhD swamp life 👩‍🎓🌱, and a classic from spotlighting for ringtail possums with Nick Golding, who I still have the pleasure of working with today 🤩

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Research Software Alliance @researchsoftware.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

We’re excited to announce the International Research Software Conference (IRSC)! 7–8 September 2026 | Sheffield, UK & online | Co-located with #RSECon26 @society-rse.org Learn more: www.researchsoft.org/irsc/ For updates, join: preview.mailerlite.io/forms/778129... Image by @danielskatz.org

ReSA Director Michelle Barker introduces the International Research Software Conference during RSECon25.

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

4/ lastly, ropensci's very own pkgcheck action. This one is really interesting as it gives you a summary of points you've either hit or missed and summarises them in a new issue in your repo. Subsequent pushes show up as comments in the same issue thread. docs.ropensci.org/pkgcheck/ind...

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rOpenSci Package Checks

Check whether a package is ready for submission to rOpenSci's peer review system.

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

3/ pkgdown workflow Not related to the ropensci submission, but very handy if you have a pkgdown website. I adapted from the examples here github.com/r-lib/action.... It is great knowing the website is up to date with changes I've pushed and I didn't have to separately re-publish the website.

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actions/examples at v2 · r-lib/actions

GitHub Actions for the R community. Contribute to r-lib/actions development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

2/ I also set up an action to access my code coverage and report it on the readme. It's not as high as I'd like yet, but it's getting there! To get this to work I first had to link the repo on codecov.io. github.com/codecov/code...

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GitHub - codecov/codecov-action: GitHub Action that uploads coverage to Codecov

GitHub Action that uploads coverage to Codecov :open_umbrella: - GitHub - codecov/codecov-action: GitHub Action that uploads coverage to Codecov

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

1/ continuous integration Compared to the last time I set up continuous integration, things are SO EASY now. I used the following: github.com/r-lib/action...

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actions/examples at v2 · r-lib/actions

GitHub Actions for the R community. Contribute to r-lib/actions development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Going to start a series of threads on what I've been learning as I get an #rstats 📦 ready to submit to @ropensci.org. Every time I think the package is "ready" I find another checklist I haven't been through, but it's making it all the better. This first thread is on github actions!

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Saras Windecker @smwindecker.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Stopped using "X" years ago and have finally made a switch. Hope to reconnect with folks and touch back in to the social land to share and talk about open science, research software, ecology, and public health. 🙌

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