Research in high energy physics (HEP) requires huge amounts of computing and storage, putting strong constraints on the code speed and resource usage. To meet these requirements, a compiled high-performance language is typically used; while for physicists... (more…)

A breath of fresh air for programming web apps in Julia - GitHub - ndortega/Oxygen.jl: A breath of fresh air for programming web apps in Julia... (more…)

I’ve recently invested in a deal as close to the platonic ideal that I’m ever likely to see. Here’s what made it special. (more…)

AbstractAlgebra.jl is a computer algebra package for the Julia programming language, maintained by William Hart, Tommy Hofmann, Claus Fieker and Fredrik Johansson and other interested contributors. (more…)

In 1998, the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico began imaging every visible object from over 35% of the sky in a project known as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The images include around 500 million stars and galaxies. Light from the most distant of th... (more…)