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PyPedal Release Candidate 7 Highlights Need for Unit Testing

Many thanks to Matthieu Authier for reporting several bugs, which in turn led to more bugs. The hunt started with broken code in examples/new_amatrix.py, which led to bugs in several subroutines in pyp_nrm, which exposed some small side issues. Notably, … Continue reading

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PyPedal Release Candidate 3 Features an Inbreeding Bugfix and Refactored Database Handling

The third release candidate of PyPedal 2.0 has been released. It includes a minor bugfix to pyp_nrm/inbreeding_vanraden() and a completely-refactored database backend. After a few days of writing, and a false start with SQLAlchemy, I’ve completely rewritten the database backend … Continue reading

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PyPedal Release Candidates Feature Fewer Bugs!

One supposes that the titles of this entry is not particularly informative because that is, in fact, the point of release candidates: to iron out as many lingering bugs as possible. What do you from a guy with hair like … Continue reading

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Humility

I just asked PVR a question that, in retrospect, was reasonably dumb. Fortunately he is too nice to tell me that. Maybe I should have stayed home today. Scientists have discovered a fossil of a missing link between fish and … Continue reading

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Things are starting to look up a little

On the work front, that is. I’m submitting an abstract for the dairy science meeting in Minneapolis this July, and a 4-page paper for the World Congress in Brasil this August. I’m also a co-author on an abstract for Minneapolis … Continue reading

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