Show HN: Juvio – UV Kernel for Jupyter
(github.com/OKUA1)
Juvio: reproducible, dependency-aware, and Git-friendly Jupyter Notebooks.
Juvio: reproducible, dependency-aware, and Git-friendly Jupyter Notebooks.
When good pseudorandom numbers go bad
(djnavarro.net)
A few weeks ago, in the beforetimes when I’d not personally had the soul-crushingly unpleasant experience of being infected with that covid-19 thing,1 some colleagues2 approached me to talk about a reproducibility issue they’d been having with some R code.
A few weeks ago, in the beforetimes when I’d not personally had the soul-crushingly unpleasant experience of being infected with that covid-19 thing,1 some colleagues2 approached me to talk about a reproducibility issue they’d been having with some R code.
Model Organisms Are Not Static
(asimov.press)
About 70 percent of scientists say they have tried and failed to reproduce an experiment performed by their peers. And animal studies are, perhaps, among the least reproducible of all experiments because, in an effort to reduce the number of animals used in research, scientists often avoid repeating them to confirm positive results.1 When animal studies are replicated, however, they often yield different outcomes.
About 70 percent of scientists say they have tried and failed to reproduce an experiment performed by their peers. And animal studies are, perhaps, among the least reproducible of all experiments because, in an effort to reduce the number of animals used in research, scientists often avoid repeating them to confirm positive results.1 When animal studies are replicated, however, they often yield different outcomes.
The Debian testing/trixie release on amd64 is now reproducible for over 95%
(debian.org)
Progress on securing our distribution against supply chain attacks: The Debian testing/trixie release on amd64 is now reproducible for over 95%, and counting.
Progress on securing our distribution against supply chain attacks: The Debian testing/trixie release on amd64 is now reproducible for over 95%, and counting.
Paper2Code: Automating Code Generation from Scientific Papers
(arxiv.org)
Despite the rapid growth of machine learning research, corresponding code implementations are often unavailable, making it slow and labor-intensive for researchers to reproduce results and build upon prior work.
Despite the rapid growth of machine learning research, corresponding code implementations are often unavailable, making it slow and labor-intensive for researchers to reproduce results and build upon prior work.
Reproducibility project fails to validate dozens of biomedical studies
(nature.com)
In an unprecedented effort, a coalition of more than 50 research teams has surveyed a swathe of Brazilian biomedical studies to double-check their findings — with dismaying results.
In an unprecedented effort, a coalition of more than 50 research teams has surveyed a swathe of Brazilian biomedical studies to double-check their findings — with dismaying results.
Fedora change aims for 99% package reproducibility
(lwn.net)
The effort to ensure that open-source software is reproducible has been gathering steam over the years, and gaining traction with major Linux distributions.
The effort to ensure that open-source software is reproducible has been gathering steam over the years, and gaining traction with major Linux distributions.
New Python lock file format will specify dependencies
(infoworld.com)
Python’s builders have accepted a proposal to create a universal lock file format for Python projects that would specify dependencies, enabling installation reproducibility in a Python environment.
Python’s builders have accepted a proposal to create a universal lock file format for Python projects that would specify dependencies, enabling installation reproducibility in a Python environment.
Python Adopts Standard Lock File Format for Reproducible Installs
(socket.dev)
Python has officially standardized a lock file format.
Python has officially standardized a lock file format.
Binary Distribution Rebuilds
(josefsson.org)
I rebuilt (the top-50 popcon) Debian and Ubuntu packages, on amd and arm64, and compared the results a couple of months ago. Since then the Reproduce.Debian.net effort has been launched. Unlike my small experiment, that effort is a full-scale rebuild with more architectures. Their goal is to reproduce what is published in the Debian archive.
I rebuilt (the top-50 popcon) Debian and Ubuntu packages, on amd and arm64, and compared the results a couple of months ago. Since then the Reproduce.Debian.net effort has been launched. Unlike my small experiment, that effort is a full-scale rebuild with more architectures. Their goal is to reproduce what is published in the Debian archive.
Show HN: Localscope–Limit scope of Python functions for reproducible execution
(readthedocs.io)
Have you ever hunted bugs caused by accidentally using a global variable in a function in a Jupyter notebook? Have you ever scratched your head because your code broke after restarting the Python kernel? localscope can help by restricting the variables a function can access.
Have you ever hunted bugs caused by accidentally using a global variable in a function in a Jupyter notebook? Have you ever scratched your head because your code broke after restarting the Python kernel? localscope can help by restricting the variables a function can access.
Stagex – Container-native, full-source bootstrapped, and reproducible toolchain
(stagex.tools)
Minimalism and security first repository of reproducible and multi-signed OCI images of common open source software toolchains full-source bootstrapped from Stage 0 all the way up.
Minimalism and security first repository of reproducible and multi-signed OCI images of common open source software toolchains full-source bootstrapped from Stage 0 all the way up.
Is NixOS truly reproducible?
(luj.fr)
Build reproducibility is often considered as a de facto feature provided by functional package managers like Nix. Although the functional package manager model has important assets in the quest for build reproducibility (like reproducibility of build environments for example1), it is clear among practitioners that Nix does not guarantee that all its builds achieve bitwise reproducibility. In fact, it is not complicated to write a Nix package that builds an artifact non-deterministically:
Build reproducibility is often considered as a de facto feature provided by functional package managers like Nix. Although the functional package manager model has important assets in the quest for build reproducibility (like reproducibility of build environments for example1), it is clear among practitioners that Nix does not guarantee that all its builds achieve bitwise reproducibility. In fact, it is not complicated to write a Nix package that builds an artifact non-deterministically:
TinyZero: Reproduction of DeepSeek R1 Zero in countdown and multiplication tasks
(github.com/Jiayi-Pan)
TinyZero is a reproduction of DeepSeek R1 Zero in countdown and multiplication tasks. We built upon veRL.
TinyZero is a reproduction of DeepSeek R1 Zero in countdown and multiplication tasks. We built upon veRL.
Zig Reproduced Without Binaries
(jakstys.lt)
I decided to bootstrap Zig without using binaries that are checked in the repository and answer if the resulting zig1.wasm in the latest Zig release (0.13.0) is the same the one bootstrapped without using those binaries.
I decided to bootstrap Zig without using binaries that are checked in the repository and answer if the resulting zig1.wasm in the latest Zig release (0.13.0) is the same the one bootstrapped without using those binaries.
Package reproducibility in Python notebooks using uv isolated environments
(marimo.io)
One of marimo’s goals is to make notebooks reproducible, down to the packages used in them. To that end, it’s now possible to create marimo notebooks that have their package requirements serialized into them as a top-level comment.
One of marimo’s goals is to make notebooks reproducible, down to the packages used in them. To that end, it’s now possible to create marimo notebooks that have their package requirements serialized into them as a top-level comment.