Rust in Science and ever-changing requirements
I have heard many times over that for a given proof-of-concept if you have fast, changing requirements, then you are better off with a Dynamic programming language like Python. Python gives the illusion of faster development because you do not have to think about the rigidity of…
A year in CanDIG project
Last month, I completed a year in my current project - CanDIG. This project is about building a platform to connect "data lakes" within Canadian institutions in a federated manner. I was hired to mostly do federated authorization, which you can read about in this blog …
My process for bibliography and notes
For those who are starting new in research, you might want to keep running notes and citations for the relavant research papers, journals, books etc. that you come across. This helps maintain clarity of what is important, what has been read already and the notes that help you rev…
Why on Earth are copyleft software licenses bad for scientific software?
My quest for this blog started with the discussion about the choice of license for the software under Open Differential Privacy (OpenDP) Initiative[17]. I wanted to understand why copyleft licenses are a taboo in Scientific circles. OpenDP choosing MIT license prompted me to ask …