Bruno Rodrigues  Jul 16, 2023
The #Nix and #RStats crossover will continue next week
Show threadJoe WassermanJul 17, 2023
@brodriguesco this sounds awesome! do you think using Nix makes it unnecessary to use Docker? or are they different use cases?
Show threadBruno Rodrigues  Jul 17, 2023
@JoeWasserman Nix is extremely flexible, and could indeed replace Docker. It could even replace renv+Docker, and even targets+renv+Docker! That’s why I’m exploring #Nix and trying to promote it. It seems to me as if it could provide an "easier" solution to the problem of reproducibility than renv+Docker.
Show threadJoe Wasserman
@brodriguesco wow! I’m most surprised about it replacing targets+renv+docker but that’s very cool. I might have to read up on it, but in the meantime I’m excited to learn more from your explorations! Btw I’ve been recommending your book to all who will listen
Jul 17, 2023 at 6:42pmWeb
Show threadBruno Rodrigues  Jul 17, 2023

@JoeWasserman here is the project I found where Nix is used to define a complete pipeline: https://github.com/PapenfussLab/BioNix

Many thanks for recommending my book 😃

GitHub - PapenfussLab/bionix: Functional highly reproducible bioinformatics pipelines

Functional highly reproducible bioinformatics pipelines - GitHub - PapenfussLab/bionix: Functional highly reproducible bioinformatics pipelines

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