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Phil Ewels

@ewels.bsky.social

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🧬 Scientist (bioinformatics / genomics), 🧑🏻‍💻 software developer, 🪴 community builder. Product Manager for open source @seqera.io

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Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · 1d

It's out! The latest and greatest #NextflowSummit agenda 🎉

This time the event is free and online, so no excuses not to register and join to hear the latest and greatest @nextflow.io updates from the community 🤗

Seqera @seqera.io · 1d

📢 The agenda for the Virtual #NextflowSummit is here! 50+ talks across 6 tracks from researchers, developers & industry leaders driving bioinformatics forward.

💻 Explore the agenda: hubs.la/Q03MyKkP0
🎫 Register for free: hubs.la/Q03MyKh40

Reposted by Phil Ewels

Robert Petit @rpetit3.bsky.social · 2d

Seems I'm not good at Bactopia v4 progress updates!

Since my last update:
- Nextflow v25+ compatible
- Converted to nf-test
- nf-bactopia plugin released

If you are interesting in testing (very much appreciated!), I now have a dev build available here: github.com/bactopia/bac...

Bactopia v4 - Overview & Help Wanted · Issue #628 · bactopia/bactopia

Bactopia v4 Yo! Well, it is about that time! I am planning to release version 4 of Bactopia in the near future. With this version, Bactopia will introduce new and exciting things, but at the same t...

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · 6d

Really nice summary by @angelp.bsky.social and @boofla.bsky.social about the work we've been doing to support #arm64 builds for #bioconda and #Nextflow over at @nf-co.re and @seqera.io

It feels like we're nearing the tipping point, what's not to love about greener more efficient computation? 🌱🍏

HPC Engineering @ AWS @techhpc.bsky.social · 6d

Tech Shorts is back. And appropriately. we're talking abnout how the tech we all help to create is supporting big positive changes in life sciences research.

It's seriously nice to be back. Let's get nerdy.

youtu.be/O7Ai5FLqG2s

arm64 is about to change life sciences ... dramatically

After a long break to recover from vision loss caused by my immune system, Tech Shorts returns. Appropriately, we're focusing on how cutting-edge compute can drive breakthroughs in life sciences.…

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · 12d

Exhausted but happy after a very productive week at @scilifelab.se for the @nf-co.re core / steering team retreat 🇸🇪😴 Huge thank you to everyone involved! 🙏🏻

We got loads done! Blog post recap coming soon..

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Nextflow @nextflow.io · 14d

Join 700+ global participants on Oct 23-24 for the #NextflowSummit by @seqera.io🌍

💡 Get ready for two days of insights from industry leaders, including 50+ speakers and tracks spanning AI, infrastructure & scientific development!

Register now: hubs.la/Q03KL90Y0

👀Agenda coming soon!

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · 21d

Don't leave it any later - come and join the @nf-co.re #hackathon in Barcelona! 🇪🇸 👩🏻‍💻 🍏

They're brilliant fun and a great way to meet people. There are still tickets left, but they're going fast.. 🎟

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · 21d

Seqera AI just got a massive upgrade ✨

Be it workflow runs, data stores, pipeline configuration or compute environments - you can now ask @seqera.io AI to interact with them.

Words and videos don't really do it justice, you really need to try out. Hit the link below and see for yourself 🎉

Seqera @seqera.io · 21d

🚀 Seqera AI in Platform: Develop, debug, and execute in one unified experience

We’re thrilled to announce that Seqera AI, the bioinformatics agent for the R&D lifecycle, now has read and write access to Seqera Platform. 🧵

📚 Learn more: hubs.ly/Q03JL7wB0

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · 21d

👩🏻‍💻 New API for grouping help options into 'Panels', replacing the old groups syntax.

Check out the blog post for details, upgrade and have a play - tell us your favourite themes!

$ pip install --upgrade rich-click
$ rich-click --themes

ewels.github.io/rich-click/1...

v1.9 released! - rich-click

ewels.github.io

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · 21d

🎉 Help text, now for positional arguments

😀 Support for Typer by @tiangolo.com (again). We removed official Typer support when it got the ability to natively produce pretty output with rich. But now we have themes and stuff, we figured we'd try to make them compatible again.

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · 21d

v1.9 has:

🧑🏻‍🎨 themes: select colour palettes and display presets from a library, rather than having to hand craft every aspect.

🦄 Set theme *as a user*, overriding the settings from the CLI developer. Great for accessibility, eg. if colour-blind you can choose your own colours

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · 21d

Daniel Reeves has been heads down on this release for months, and the new version has a tonne of super nice features.. You can read about them all in detail in the associated blog release: ewels.github.io/rich-click/1...

v1.9 released! - rich-click

ewels.github.io

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · 21d

Really excited to announce the v1.9 release of the `rich-click` library 🎉 It's a Python library that uses builds on top of command-line help output from click, giving you beautiful output with only a couple of lines of code 🪄 ✨ 🌈

v1.9 TLDR: We have themes!

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · 21d

Join us for the next online training week! Follow the online materials, make use of drop-in office hours to get help, and receive a fancy certificate at the end 📮🔖✨🧑‍🎓

Seqera @seqera.io · 23d

New to @nextflow.io?✨Join us for Nextflow Training all of next week!

Work through instructor-led videos and hands-on exercises at your own pace. Plus, the chance to earn an official completion certificate. 🎓

👉 Register now: hubs.la/Q03Jf_Zp0

Reposted by Phil Ewels

Homebrew New Packages @homebrew-new-pkgs.bsky.social · 25d

🍻 nextflow 🍻

Reproducible scientific workflows

🔗 https://nextflow.io

#homebrew #newpkg #macos #linux #formula

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · 27d

The next @nextflow.io Training Week is coming up - September 2025 📆

Grab the opportunity to book some time in your calendar and pester some of the nice Seqera folks who will be around to help out in the training office hours 😊

Nextflow @nextflow.io · 27d

🚀 Nextflow Training Week is back on Sep 22-26! 💻 This self-paced online training features on-demand walkthrough videos and support via office hours and the community forum!

🔗 Register now: hubs.la/Q03HWK4L0

Reposted by Phil Ewels

nf-core @nf-co.re · 28d

There are still a few spots left for the Barcelona @nf-co.re hackathon! 🇪🇸🧑🏻‍💻👩🏼‍💻👨🏿‍💻🧑🏼‍💻👩🏽‍💻👨🏻‍💻💫

Grab your registration now before it's too late and join the fun 🤩

Nextflow @nextflow.io · 29d

🚨Both the beginner and advanced #Nextflow Trainings in Barcelona are officially sold out! But you can still get involved at the @nf-co.re Hackathon on Oct 28-29!

Register now: hubs.la/Q03Ht1Nj0

Reposted by Phil Ewels

Nextflow @nextflow.io · 29d

🚨Both the beginner and advanced #Nextflow Trainings in Barcelona are officially sold out! But you can still get involved at the @nf-co.re Hackathon on Oct 28-29!

Register now: hubs.la/Q03Ht1Nj0

Reposted by Phil Ewels

Nextflow @nextflow.io · Sep 4

If you're in Cambridge next week, join us for a day of Nextflow training and featured talks, including from @genomicsengland.bsky.social. Plus, networking with the @seqera.io team, including @evanfloden.bsky.social, co-creator of Nextflow! 👩‍💻

We hope to see you there! hubs.la/Q03GRlRB0

Seqera Sessions, Cambridge, UK

Join us in Cambridge for a day of hands-on training and expert talks at the intersection of bioinformatics, research, and innovation. Whether you’re new to Nextflow or looking to deepen your expertise...

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · Sep 1

Here's a little easter egg for those of you using @seqera.io #platform.. 🥚 ✨

Recently we released a new feature that lets you set custom pipeline icons. What's less well known is that animated icons are also supported - party time!! 🪩 🥳 🎉

The trick is to rename your .gif to a .png file extension 🤫

Reposted by Phil Ewels

Nextflow @nextflow.io · Aug 28

New to Nextflow? ⭐ Attend our upcoming beginner training sessions across Europe! 🧵

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · Aug 29

Fantastic news, great to hear your voice again! 😊 Glad you're getting over this, sounds like a pretty terrifying experience 😓

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · Aug 29

The full recording has just gone up on YouTube, so you can now watch the talk here: youtu.be/vGSYj_5tGmY

Slides are on my personal site at phil.ewels.co.uk/talks/2024/1... and the library itself is on GitHub: github.com/ewels/rich-c...

Accidentally popular: Beautiful CLI interfaces with rich-click by Phil Ewels| PyConSe | 2024

YouTube video by PyCon Sweden

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · Aug 29

Last year I gave a talk at #PyCon Sweden about one of my pet-projects: rich-click.

The title was "Accidentally popular: Beautiful CLI interfaces with rich-click". I talked about the library, but also the #opensource journey, involving @willmcgugan.bsky.social, @tiangolo.com and Daniel Reeves 😊

Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · Aug 27

a black and white cat is standing in front of a bookshelf and says oh stop you 're just saying that

ALT: a black and white cat is standing in front of a bookshelf and says oh stop you 're just saying that

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Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · Aug 27

That feeling when AI can create cat videos with better @nextflow.io training content than you've made in years.. 😻 😹

Could this be the new face of #Nextflow at @seqera.io ?!