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SQLite for Everyone!

My talk from the 2024 Research Software Engineering conference is up on YouTube.

youtu.be/7JHhII6ZKz0

It's a 25-minute intro to the benefits relational databases and . The target audience is "past me", from when I was working with data as a research scientist and learning .

It includes a tour of useful tools including , @qgis, @datasette and .

English edition [EN] : Deborah Udoh gave an inspiring talk during the 'emerging voices' session at last year. And here she talks to me about her path to engineering: facing many odds, but never letting them slow her down. Listen to it on your podcast app, YouTube podcast or codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

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I have written up my plenary talk from @ResearchSoftEng as a blog post for those who want to review my ideas around in , the importance of communities, and my thoughts around with software that I hope to explore with my 2025 @SoftwareSaved fellowship. Also includes a short section on my "backstory".

jackatkinson.net/post/rsecon24

Thoughts and comments welcomed.

jackatkinson.net · RSECon24 - the 'R' in RSEAn extended essay based on my talk at RSECon24

In fact our talk about "Reproducible environments is all you need" during #rsecon24 is on youtube. If you're interested how to make your project more reproducible and easier to participate for others, check it out:

youtube.com/watch?v=YX90-ZoJ_T

You can also find the presentation here:

zenodo.org/records/14290309

I already did some PRs to other projects including a `devbox.json` - it's really useful to have the "correct" version of all those developer tools.

A belated congratulations to Aleksandra Nenadic, who was recognised for her outstanding contributions to Teaching and Education in the Research Software Engineering community at #RSECon24 last month. Aleks is one of our Instructor Trainers and Lesson Developer Trainers, and has been a leading member of the UK Carpentries community for many years. 👏 🎉

Well done, Aleks, and thank you for all that you do for The Carpentries community! 🙏

Image credit: picturesbybish (picturesbybish.com/)

It's International RSE Day! Here are some of our highlights from the past year:

- We hosted #RSECon24, chaired by our own Dave Horsfall.

- Dave also had an article published in Nature.

- Mike Simpson (@codemonkey_mike) became Vice-president of The RSE Society (@ResearchSoftEng).

- Mike was also part of the team that won top prize at the Hack Day at #CW24 (@SoftwareSaved).

- Team members including Richard Howey and Gabrielle Schroeder (@gmschroe) gave conference talks.

Happy #IntlRSEday!

English edition [EN] : 'Green' computing had a strong showing at the RSE Conference in Newcastle, UK, this year. And a lot has happened in this area in the past 12 months. With more yet to come, e.g. a special interest group. As you can hear in this bonus episode - now available on your podcast apps, YouTube podcast or at codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

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This is the UK Government "Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework" for Software Developer.

It is an attempt to define expectations for staff in different IT jobs and compares the same role at Junior, Senior, Lead levels.

ddat-capability-framework.serv

They have Data Engineer, Data Scientist and others, too.

Following up on .

ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk Software developer - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework
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Another donation received to our Participation and Inclusion fund on the final day of #RSECon24. Thank you to

🌟 Nicholas Macey

and all the donors whose generous contributions have helped support bursaries for those who could not otherwise attend the conference 🙌

If you'd like to help us provide this support for #RSECon25, you can donate to our Participation and Inclusion fund at anytime throughout the year at society-rse.org/donate. You can read more about the fund at rsecon24.society-rse.org/spons

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Last week, I had the pleasure of attending in Newcastle, and it was an amazing experience filled with great people, insightful sessions at a fantastic location.

Thanks to the Society of Research Software Engineering for the bursary, CSC for providing the work time to participate and to all the wonderful people who made this event so rewarding through shared conversations and ideas.

Looking forward to continuing the discussions and collaborations and hope to see you again next year!