Phil Ewels

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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...

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...

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? 🌱🍏

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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👀Agenda coming soon!

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.. 🎟

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 🎉

v1.9 released! - rich-click None

👩🏻‍💻 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...

🎉 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.

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

v1.9 released! - rich-click None

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...

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!

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 📮🔖✨🧑‍🎓

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Reproducible scientific workflows

🔗 https://nextflow.io

#homebrew #newpkg #macos #linux #formula

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 😊

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 🤩

🚨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

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...

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

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 🤫

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

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

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

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...

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 😊

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 ?!

Registration is OPEN for the 2025 #NextflowSummit 🎉

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Sign up now and get the dates into your calendar.. We have a sweepstake going on registration numbers and I went high, so I need your support 🙏🏻 😆

New blog post! Introducing nf-core Advisories
https://nf-co.re/blog/2025/advisories/

We heard from several people just back from vacation, so extended the deadline for abstracts by a few days. This is really the last extension though, so get those abstracts in!

ICYMI, this #NextflowSummit will be online, so we'd love to see a diverse range of speakers from all over the world! 🌍

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...

Join us in Cambridge for a day of hands-on @nextflow.io training and expert talks at the intersection of bioinformatics, research, and innovation 💻

🎟️Register now: hubs.la/Q03D8T_-0